writingtutor
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I am teaching a student about simple, compound, and complex sentences and what distinguishes each sentence. The student wrote the following sentence. The first time I watched the movie, I was amazed. Although I am certain this sentence is complete and grammatically correct, I cannot determine why. It is not simple, because of the introductory clause with a verb. It is not compound because there is only one independent clause. It appears complex with a dependent clause and a simple sentence. However, this clause (The first time I watched the movie) does not begin with a subordinating conjunction. Please clarify the kind of sentence and why.