Independent/Dependent Clauses
What is an independent clause?
A clause (noun + verb) that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone.
What type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause?
Complex sentence
Noun clauses sometimes answer the questions:
Who? or What? (correct if they give one of the two questions)
Adverb clauses usually start with a subordinating conjunction. Is "because" a subordinating conjunction?
Yes, it is
What is an adjective clause?
a dependent clause that modifies a noun or a pronoun
What is a dependent clause?
A clause (noun + verb) that does not express a complete thought and therefore cannot stand alone.
What type of sentence contains one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses?
compound-complex sentence
What is the noun clause in this sentence:
His dream is that he becomes a successful musician.
that he becomes a successful musician.
What is an adverb clause?
A dependent clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or adverb
Identify the adjective clause(s):
She is the person whom I trust most.
She is the person whom I trust most.
What is the name for the word that begins each dependent clause?
subordinating conjunction
What type of sentence is this:
While dogs are man's best friend, they can definitely be dangerous if not guarded properly.
Complex
Name three of the signal words that a dependent clause is a noun clause
answers will vary.
who, whom, whoever, when, whenever, that, etc.
Identify the adverb clause:
After Ruth pulled all the weeds, she was exhausted.
After Ruth pulled all the weeds, she was exhausted.
Adjective clauses often start with words called:
"relative pronouns"
who, whom, whose, which, that
identify the dependent clause:
Although sometimes seems easy to find the clauses of a sentence, I think it is often harder than you might think.
Although sometimes seems easy to find the clauses of a sentence
What type of sentence is this?
"While I was studying for my final exams, my roommate was playing loud music, and the neighbors were having a party."
Compound-Complex
What is the noun clause in this sentence:
It's important for everyone to understand what the implications of climate change are.
what the implications of climate change are.
Identify the adverb clause:
Because the house had been vacant for so long, all the grass was overgrown.
Because the house had been vacant for so long, all the grass was overgrown.
Identify the adjective clause(s):
There are speech communities that contain millions of people and some that have only a few people.
There are speech communities that contain millions of people and some that have only a few people.
When a dependent clause precedes an independent clause in a complex sentence, it must contain:
a comma in between it and the independent clause
What is the acronym for the coordinating conjunctions of compound sentences? (name them all)
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
In this sentence, we can test to see if we have identified the noun clause by replacing it with a _______. (be specific)
Whoever wins the race is the most powerful in the world.
Because we are dealing with "who?" we can replace it with a name.
"Juan is the most powerful in the world"
Identify the adverb clause:
Long hours in the sun had made us feel as though the day would never end.
Long hours in the sun had made us feel as though the day would never end.
Does this sentence include an adjective clause? If not, why? If so, where?
Mr. Chung is the legislator we met.
Yes. Mr. Chung is the legislator (that) we met.