Independent and Dependent Clauses and Sentence Combining

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A clause is

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A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb. It can stand alone or with another clause.

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When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies.

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dependent clause

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When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies.

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independent clause

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Before I went to school, I had a big cup of coffee. Classify the underlined part: dependent clause, independent clause.

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dependent clause

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because we couldn't find the theater

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dependent

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"we walked along the lake"

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independent

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"I failed my test"

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independent clause

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as Sarah rode the flying pig

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dependent clause

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as he ran

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dependent clause

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Classify: the dog sneezed Options: phrase, independent clause, dependent clause

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independent clause