Independent and Dependent Clause
What is an independent clause?
A group of words that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is a natural order sentence?
A sentence where the subject comes before the predicate. (Example: “The dog ran down the street.”)
What acronym helps you remember coordinating conjunctions?
FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
What is a subordinating conjunction?
A word that connects a dependent clause to an independent clause (e.g., because, although, if).
What is a sentence fragment?
A group of words that does not express a complete thought.
What is a dependent clause?
A group of words that cannot stand alone because it doesn’t express a complete thought.
What is an inverted order sentence?
A sentence where the predicate or part of it comes before the subject. (Example: “Down the street ran the dog.”)
Choose the correct conjunction: “I wanted to go to the park, ___ it started to rain.”
“but”
Choose the subordinating conjunction: “I’ll go to the store ___ it stops raining.”
“if” or “when”
What is a run-on sentence?
Two or more independent clauses joined incorrectly.
Identify the dependent clause: “Although it was raining, we went outside.”
“Although it was raining.”
Identify the order: “In the garden bloomed beautiful flowers.”
Inverted order.
What type of clause can a coordinating conjunction join?
Two independent clauses
What are correlative conjunctions?
Pairs of conjunctions that work together (e.g., either/or, neither/nor, both/and).
Identify the error: “Before we went to the game.”
Fragment (it’s an incomplete thought).
Identify the independent clause: “When I finish my homework, I’ll call you.”
“I’ll call you.”
Rewrite in inverted order: “The teacher gave the students homework.”
“Homework gave the teacher to the students.”
“Gave the teacher the students homework.”
Fix the sentence: “I studied for the test I still felt nervous.”
“I studied for the test, but I still felt nervous.”
Fill in the blank: “Not only did he win the race, ___ he also broke the record.”
"but"
Fix the run-on: “We went to the store it was closed.”
“We went to the store, but it was closed.”
Combine the two sentences using a dependent clause: “We missed the bus. We were late to school.”
“Because we missed the bus, we were late to school.”
Why might an author use inverted order?
To create emphasis, variety, or rhythm in writing.
True or False: A coordinating conjunction can begin a sentence.
True, if used correctly for emphasis (e.g., “But I didn’t give up.”)
Identify the conjunction type and pair: “Either we leave now, or we’ll miss the movie.”
Correlative conjunctions – “either/or.”
Which is correct?
A) “She ran home she forgot her book.”
B) “She ran home because she forgot her book.”
B