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Subordinate vs. Coordinating Conjunction
Identify the Independent Clause
Identify the Dependent Clause
Definitions
100

What are these called? 



"  "

Quotation Marks 

100

After

What is subordinate conjunction?

100

After I came home, I made dinner.

What is "I made dinner"?

100

When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give his teacher the last page.

What is "when he handed in his homework"?

100

A group of words that has a subject, verb, and expresses a complete thought.

What is an independent clause?

200

Give a RELATIVE PRONOUN that starts an adjective clause 

WHO, THAT, WHICH, WHERE, WHEN, WHOM, WHOSE

200

Nor

What is a coordinating conjunction?

200
We visited the museum before it closed.
What is "We visited the museum"?
200

The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow.

What is "because they have a test tomorrow"?

200

A group of words that has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence.

What is a dependent (subordinate) clause?

300

What is the relative pronoun that is used for ownership in adjective clauses?

WHOSE

300

although

What is a subordinate conjunction?

300
Whenever they eat at this restaurant, they eat a hamburger and fries.
What is "they eat a hamburger and fries"?
300

Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying.

What is "after they finished studying"?

300

A word that puts two sentences together so they have EQUAL importance

FANBOY/COORDINATOR

400

What is the subordinator in this sentence?


I learned a valuable lesson about cheating after I changed a mark on my report card in the third grade

What is "after"?

400

so that

What is a subordinate conjunction?

400
He'll be able to maintain a healthy weight if he keeps exercising.
What is "he'll be able to maintain a healthy weight"?
400

Consumers buy fewer goods when prices rise.

What is "when prices rise"?

400

Words that connect two sentences by making one idea dependent on the other.

What are subordinate conjunctions?/Subordinators

500
Combine the following two sentences with WHOSE: We visited a museum.  Its art collection is worth $300 billion.  


We visited a museum whose art collection is worth $300 billion.

500

yet

What is a coordinating conjunction?

500
Because the bridge wasn't properly maintained by the government, it fell down.
What is "it fell down"?
500

Writing evolved when picture symbols changed to letters.

What is "when picture symbols changed to letters"?

500

A sentence that has an independent and a dependent clause is...

Complex Sentence