Independent Clauses
What is an independent clause?
An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
A clause that cannot stand alone and depends on an independent clause.
What is a sentence fragment?
An incomplete sentence missing a subject or predicate.
What is the subject of a sentence?
What is the predicate of a sentence?
The verb action the subject is doing, and everything after the subject.
Identify the independent clause in this sentence: "After the game ended, the players celebrated."
"the players celebrated."
Identify the dependent clause in this sentence: "If the sun comes out, we'll go to the lake."
"If the sun comes out"
Decide whether the following is a fragment or a complete sentence: "The students who finished early." If it is a fragment, what is it missing?
Fragment, because it is missing a predicate.
Identify the subject in this sentence: "All of the students in the class studied for the quiz."
"students"
Identify the predicate in this sentence: "Jessica has been practicing piano for hours."
"has been practicing piano for hours."
Choose the option that is an independent clause:
a) Because she practiced daily
b) When the bell rang
c) She finished her homework early
d) While the rain fell
c) She finished her homework early
Which subordinating conjunction in this list commonly begins a dependent clause: when, because, unless, or all of the above?
all of the above
Fix this fragment to make it a complete sentence: "Because of the noise in the hallway."
"We left because of the noise in the hallway." etc
In the sentence "There are five reasons to visit the museum," what is the subject?
Reasons
What's the predicate in this sentence: "The tall oak tree lost many branches during the storm."
"lost many branches during the storm."
Rewrite this fragment as an independent clause by adding what’s missing: "Running through the park."
"He/She was running through the park." or "Running through the park, she cooled off." etc
Convert the dependent clause "although she was tired" into a complete sentence by adding an independent clause.
"Although she was tired, she finished her chores." etc
Identify which is missing in this fragment: "Walking to the store every day."
Subject.
Find the subject in this sentence: "My best friend from middle school moved to another state."
"My best friend from middle school"
Add a predicate to this subject to make a complete sentence: "The students in the science club"
"The students in the science club presented a new experiment." etc
Combine these two short independent clauses into one sentence: "Jake studied for the test. He still felt nervous."
"Jake studied for the test, but he still felt nervous." etc
Explain why the clause "which arrived late" cannot stand alone as a sentence. What word is preventing it from being a sentence? What else is it missing?
"Which" is a subordinating conjunction, making it a dependent clause. It is also missing a subject.
Edit this fragment into a correct complex sentence: "After the final bell. Excited and ready for summer."
"After the final bell, everyone was excited and ready for summer." etc
What is the subject?: "It is important to finish your work on time."
It
What is the predicate in the sentence: "After running to class, Joseph was completely out of breath."
Was completely out of breath.