Independent and Dependent Clauses
What do all clauses need to have?
Subject and Verb
What is a compound sentence?
Two or more independent clauses joined together.
What is a complex sentence?
One independent clause and at least one dependent clause joined together.
A sentence that has at least three clauses: two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
What kind of sentence is this?
The little girl played at the playground.
Simple
What do dependent clauses have that independent clauses do not have?
Subordinators
What are the three ways you can connect independent clauses?
Using a coordinator, conjunctive adverb, or semicolon.
What are the three types of dependent clauses?
Adverb, adjective, and noun.
Using the following clauses, create a compound-complex sentence.
Independent: My friends invited me out. I left my apartment again.
Dependent: After I got home from work.
After I got home from work, my friends invited me out, and I left my apartment again.
After I got home from work, my friends invited me out; I left my apartment again.
What kind of sentence is this?
Even though he enjoys romantic films, Mitchell rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.
Compound-Complex
Is this clause independent or dependent?
Our planets revolve around the sun.
Independent
Connect these two independent clauses to create a compound sentence:
1. He ran out of money.
2. He had to stop playing poker.
He ran out of money, so he had to stop playing poker.
What is the dependent clause in this sentence? What kind of dependent clause is it?
I will go to the store as soon as I'm finished here.
Dependent Adverb Clause: "...as soon as I'm finished here."
Tells us "when"
Using the following clauses, create a compound-complex sentence.
Independent: The cat ran away. Nobody was worried.
Dependent: Because he was trained to find his home.
The cat ran away, yet nobody was worried because he was trained to find his way home.
The cat ran away; however, nobody was worried because he was trained to find his way home.
What kind of sentence is this?
The president's advisers didn't like the legislation; nevertheless, she signed it.
Compound
Is this clause independent or dependent?
That he had studied.
Dependent
Connect these two independent clauses to create a compound sentence.
1. I am allergic to cats.
2. I avoid them.
I am allergic to cats, so I avoid them.
I am allergic to cats; thus, I avoid them.
I am allergic to cats; I avoid them.
What is the dependent clause in this sentence? What kind of dependent clause is it?
The person who called earlier is coming back to the store.
Dependent Adjective Clause: "...who called earlier..."
Describes "the person"
Using the following clauses, create a compound-complex sentence.
Independent: Give me a call. I'll meet you there.
Dependent: If you want to go to the park.
If you want to go to the park, give me a call and I'll meet you there.
What kind of sentence is this?
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Complex
Is this clause independent or dependent?
Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz.
Independent
Connect these two independent clauses to create a compound sentence:
1. The sky is clear.
2. The stars are twinkling.
The sky is clear; the stars are twinkling.
What is the dependent clause in this sentence? What kind of dependent clause is it?
What he says is totally unacceptable.
Dependent Noun Clause: "What he says..."
Acting as the subject
Using the following clauses, create a compound-complex sentence.
Independent: We told her to wait in the car. She was gone.
Dependent: While we buy food. When we came back.
We told her to wait in the car while we buy food, but she was gone when we came back.
What kind of sentence is this?
The traffic has been terrible lately; maybe you should fly instead.
Compound