Independent vs Dependent
The thing that differentiates independent and dependent clauses
What is the ability to stand alone?
The type of clause an adjective clause is
What is a dependent clause?
The mark of punctuation that indicates if an adjective clause is essential or nonessential
What is a comma?
The parts of speech an adverb clause can describe
The kind of conjunction that can make a clause dependent
What is a subordinating conjunction?
The kind of clause that has to be in any given sentence.
What is an independent clause?
The words adjective clauses describe
What are nouns and pronouns?
Whether the given adj clause is nonessential or essential in the sentence:
Rick, who once ate a banana with a peel on, is now a father.
What is nonessential?
Find the adverb clause in the sentence: You'll need to keep running until you hear the whistle.
The name of an adverb clause that has an understood word missing
What is an elliptical?
The independent clause in the sentence: If you think you can get away with this, you have another thing coming.
What is: you have another thing coming?
The adjective clause in the sentence: The horse that won the race was named Button.
What is: that won the race?
What is essential?
The adverb clause in the sentence: No matter how quickly Eric ran, Jonathan was always faster.
What was no matter how quickly Eric ran?
The type of dependent clause shown in the following sentence:
The rabbit who sleeps in the hatch is warm.
What is adjective?
The independent and dependent clauses in the sentence: Norman was sure to take off his muddy shoes at the door.
The adjective clause in the sentence: Bicycles, that are easier to store than cars, are commonly used in the city.
What is: that are easier to store than cars?
Whether the clause (that you need to find) is essential or nonessential: The dancer who was wearing a mask wound up winning the competition.
What is who was wearing a mask and essential?
The adverb clause and the word it modifies: Lonny jumped until he could grab onto the window ledge.
What is until he could grab onto the window ledge and jumped?
The type of dependent clause in the sentence: Roland had to turn in his paper late because his power went off.
What is an adverb clause?
The independent and dependent clauses in the sentence: Susie, whose sister was the flower-girl, had to leave the wedding early.
What is:
I. D I
Susie | whose sister was the flower-girl | had to leave the wedding early.
The adjective clause and the word it modifies in the sentence: I love to eat edamame, which is very rich in nutrients, for an appetizer.
What is: which is very rich in nutrients AND edamame?
Whether the adjective clause you need to find is essential or non: Your painting, which won a prize, was inspired by Van Gogh.
What is: which won a prize and nonessential?
The adverb clause in the sentence: Beau is as strong a fighter as you.
What is as you?
The type of dependent clause shown in the sentence: Yolanda took a lovely trip up to Fiji with her mother.
What is there isn't one?