It is the type of clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
100
It's what happens when a comma separates two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a comma splice?
100
The prepositions in the following sentence:
I went under the bridge over the water.
What are under and over?
100
It's the correct choice in the following sentence:
I could not (bare/bear) listening to that song any longer.
What is bear?
100
The correct word choice in the following sentence:
She came to the picnic with Jane and (I/me).
What is me?
200
It's a group of words missing a verb or a subject.
What is a phrase?
200
The punctuation mistake in the following group of words:
I went to the store, it was so cold in there I couldn't shop!
What is a run-on with a comma splice?
200
The adjectives in the following sentence:
The good dog ran quickly to his beloved master.
What are good and beloved?
200
It's the correct word choice in the following sentence:
The student took (their, they're, his) dog to the park.
What is his?
200
The correct word choice in the following sentence:
She and (I/me) went to the movies.
What is I?
300
It changes the group of words from an independent to a dependent clause.
What is a subordinating word or phrase?
300
The punctuation that belongs before the conjunction in the following sentence:
I drove quickly but I couldn't get there in time.
What is a comma?
300
The word "flying" in the following sentence:
The flying birds were prettier than the sitting ones.
What is an adjective?
300
The correct word choice in the following sentence:
It's going to rain (whether/weather) or not you want it to.
What is whether?
300
The correct word choice in the following sentence:
Flowers (that/which) smell are better as gifts.
What is that?
400
Because we don't want to sound uneducated.
What is the reason we learn proper grammar?
400
The punctuation that belongs before the conjunction in the following sentence:
Time heals all wounds but not quickly.
What is no punctuation?
400
The prepositions in the following sentence:
The mother of the bride is next to the groom beside the alter.
What are "of," "next to," and "beside"?
400
The correct word choice in the following sentence:
(It's/Its) not that fun.
What is "It's"?
400
(Whom/Who) was it that went to the store?
What is who?
500
The words that show negation:
John was thrilled, not sad, that he didn't get the job.
What is "not sad"?
500
The correct punctuation to put between these two independent clauses and its location:
Writing students are smart they know how to communicate better than their peers.
What is a period or semi-colon after smart?
500
The subject of the sentence:
While flying in a V formation, the birds made their way south for the winter.
What is "the birds"?
500
The correct word choice in the following sentence:
(There's/There are) no words to describe how I feel.
What is "There are"?
500
The correct word choice in the following sentence:
(Whom/Who) do I give this to?