Independent
1. By the time that he arrived at the house, the rest of the group already had left.
A. The rest of the group already had left
B.By the time that he arrived at the house
C. That he arrived at the house
D. The rest of the group
explanation: A: This is an independent clause, because it could stand alone as a complete sentence. It has a subject and a predicate the group is the subject and had already left us the predicate.
Which sentence is a dependent clause?
A. When the president arrives
B. The trunk went to the store to get gas.
C. The book from ELA was from filled with notes from class.
Answer: A.
Is a dependent clause because, we don’t know have an indication that anything happens after the president arrives.
What type of sentence is this?
Joe waited for the train.
This is a simple sentence because it has only one independent clause.
What is this sentence type?: The boys went to the park. 🛹
Simple👏
A.when you go
B.Be sure to bring sunscreen
C. To the beach
D.When you go to the beach
explanation: B: This is a complete sentence. Its subject is “you understood,” “be” is the linking verb with the adjective “sure”. This is a full sentence as it has every part.
What sentence is a dependent clause?
D. Because I can't wait for the bus.
E. The car stopped for the red light
F. The teacher came into class and went straight to her desk.
Answer: D
Is a dependent clause can’t start with because. We don’t know why they can’t wait. The sentence can be I’m going to be late so I can’t wait for the bus.
What type of sentence is this?
Because he was late again, he would be docked a day’s pay.
This is a complex sentence because it has one independent clause (he would be docked a day’s pay) and one dependent clause (Because he was late again).
What sentence type is this?: We like pizza, and we like spaghetti 🍝.
Compound 👍
3. I know that you still are waiting.
A. I know that you
B. You are still
C. I know
D. Waiting
explanation:C: C: This is a complete sentence and hence an independent clause: it contains a subject (I) and predicate (know).
What sentence is a dependent clause?
E. Since the car stopped
F. When the bus stopped it pick up the kids for school.
G. When school was over the bell rang and the kids ran out the doors.
Answer: E
It is a dependent clause because, it can’t start with the word since. This is because we don’t know when or what is happened.
What type of sentence is this?
Susie did not study for her test, so she got a bad grade.
Compound sentence
This is a compound sentence because it has two sentences that could stand alone.(Susie did not study for her test.)(Shen got a bad grade.)
Identify the dependent clause in this sentence: Because the student prepared for the exam, she answered all of the questions correctly. 📝
Because the student prepared for the exam.
explanation: C: Both of these are independent clauses, separated correctly by a semicolon. Each has a subject and predicate and could stand alone as a complete sentence. An alternative style choice would be to separate them with a period as two sentences
What is a dependent clause?
H.A group of words that contain a subject and a verb. It can’t stand alone.
I. Where a sentence can stand alone.
Answer: H
This is because a dependent can’t stand alone. The dependent clause ONLY contains a subject and a verb.
A independent clause can stand alone because it have has a subject, noun, verb.
What type of sentence is this?
Because he did not know the route well, he drove slowly.
This is a complex sentence because it has one independent clause (he drove slowly) and one dependent clause (Because he did not know the route well)
Identify the independent clause in this sentence: I enjoy eating in a restaurant, because the food is better. 🌯
I enjoy eating in a restaurant. 👌
explanation: D: This is the only independent clause of the choices offered. It makes a complete sentence on its own. A has a subject and a prepositional phrase modifying the subject (people), but no verb
What sentence is a dependent clause?
I. Than his sister can.
J. What is the name of this car?
K. The apple was a good snack to have after a long day.
Answer: I
This because we don’t have any that tells us what her sister is going to do. To make it a full sentence, we would have to know that.
What type of sentence is this?
Although I like to go camping, I haven’t had the time to go lately, and I haven’t found anyone to go with.
This is a compound-complex sentence because it has two independent clauses (I haven’t had the time to go lately)(I haven’t found anyone to go with) and one dependent clause (Although I like to go camping).
What are the independent and dependent clauses of this sentence, as well as its sentence type?: Every human brain never stops working, until you stand to speak in public. 🧠🧍♀️
Sentence type: complex
Independent clause: Every human brain never stops working.
Dependent clause: until you stand to speak in public.