Complex Sentence Practice

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What is the DEPENDENT clause in the sentence below?
While he eats lunch, he talks about what he will eat for dinner.

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While he eats lunch,

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Identify the DEPENDENT clause in the sentence: Since fourth grade, she'd kept a running list of them and liked to reread it to see if she could get the stories to go further in her head.

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Since fourth grade,

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Identify whether the clause in blue below is dependent or independent.
Because she is holding the microphone so close to her face, each moment of contact sounds like a heavy blow.

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dependent clause

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Identify the DEPENDENT clause in the sentence: Royal finally slowed the team to a trot and then to a walk after what seemed like forever.

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after what seemed like forever

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Identify the DEPENDENT clause in the sentence: You shouldn't lie to yourself either if you don't lie to anyone else in the world.

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if you don't lie to anyone else in the world.

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Identify the INDEPENDENT clause in the following complex sentence:
Each moment of contact sounds like a heavy blow because she is holding the microphone so close to her face.

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Each moment of contact sounds like a heavy blow

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Identify the INDEPENDENT clause in the following complex sentence:
He talks about what he will eat for dinner while he eats lunch.

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He talks about what he will eat for dinner

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What is the INDEPENDENT clause in the following sentence?
As I walked outside for recess, he was almost certain there'd be a gold star next to his name when he returned.

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he was almost certain there'd be a gold star next to his name when he returned.

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What is the INDEPENDENT clause in the following complex sentence?
Although Vincent is gone, I can still have fun without him.

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I can still have fun without him.

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Where should the comma go? Basically adverbs end in -ly.

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after basically