Independent Clauses
True or False: Every sentence contains at least one independent clause.
What is...true?
What is a complex sentence?
What is...a complex sentence contains one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses?
This type of clause makes a simple sentence.
What is a independent?
Find the subordinate conjunction in the sentence below:
Sam finished the book before he went on vacation.
What are...before?
Has at least one ________ and two or more independent clauses.
What is...a subordinate clause?
Find the independent clause in the following sentence:
Before I had my basketball game, I ate a complete stack of chocolate pancakes.
What is...I ate a complete stack of chocolate pancakes?
A compound sentence includes two __________ clauses and no subordinate clauses.
What is a independent?
Which one of these two sentences is a simple sentence?
a) I ate the red, delicious apple.
b) Jim read and Sam slept.
What is...I ate the red, delicious apple?
What does a subordinate clause always start with?
What is...a subordinating conjunction?
Which sentence is a compound-complex sentence?
a) Jill ran to the store, and she bought milk for our cookies, because we were all out.
a) Jill ran quickly to the store, but she bought soy milk instead of regular milk to go with our cookies.
What is...A?
True or False:
Independent clauses cannot stand by themselves as a sentence.
What is...false?
Complex or compound?
I practice football every afternoon until 6pm and my sister has swimming lessons on Mondays and Fridays until 6:30pm.
What is...a compound sentence?
These two parts of speech are included in a simple sentence.
What is noun and verb?
Find the subordinate clause(s) in the sentence below:
My mom bakes chocolate cookies after every baseball game, whether my team wins or loses.
What is...whether my team wins or loses?
What is the complex part of the compound-complex sentence below?
When I went to the dentist last week, Dr. Thomas found two cavities and I had to have fillings.
What is..."When I went to the dentist last week"?
Every independent clause contains these two things.
What is...a subject and verb?
A compound sentence usually includes a _______ and a _________ to combine it's two independent clauses?
What is...a comma and a coordinating conjunction?
a) That student skipped class.
b) After the school bell rang.
What is...A = simple sentence, B = fragment?
What are..."although" and "because"?
Identify the compound part of the compound-complex sentence below:
I want to play in the snow, but I can't find my gloves, which means I can't.
What is..."I want to play in the snow, but I can't find my gloves"?
Find the independent clause(s) in the sentence below:
As I ran to the airport gate, the wheels of my suitcase wobbled over the tiles, and every passenger I passed stared.
What are..."the wheels of my suitcase wobbled over the tiles" and "every passenger I passed stared."
Complex or compound?
During the performance Jamie forgot his lines twice because he got nervous.
What is...complex?
True or false: A sentence that contains more than one independent clause is a simple sentence.
What is...false?
Which sentence below has a subordinate clause?
a) Before the game, my coach gave us a pep talk.b) Before the game started, my coach gave us a pep talk.
What is...b) Before the game started, my coach gave us a pep talk?
If you were to take out one of the independent clauses in your compound-complex sentence, you would have this type of sentence.
What is... a complex sentence?