Clauses

Clauses

Dependent & Independent

Independent vs Dependent

• A Clause is a group of words that has both a subject and a verb.

• An Independent Clause has a subject and a verb, and it can stand by itself as a sentence.

• A Dependent (or subordinate) Clause has a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

Dependent (or subordinating) Clauses...

• start with a subordinating conjunction

• can be anywhere in a sentence

• MUST be connected with an independent clause

Multiple Choice

Because I was a thirteen-year-old-girl.

• independent

• dependent

Multiple Choice

My grandmother took my hands.

• independent

• dependent

Multiple Choice

Grandmother rocked me in her arms and hummed.

• independent

• dependent

Multiple Choice

Mother, Grandmother, and I waited at the railway station.

• independent

• dependent

Multiple Choice

Since I didn't know what to do.

• Independent

• Dependent

Multiple Choice

When he wiggled his fingers.

• Independent

• Dependent

Open Ended

Add a DEPENDENT clause:

I made a list...

Open Ended

Add an INDEPENDENT clause:

As I didn't have a ticket...

Open Ended

Add a DEPENDENT clause:

...., we left.

Open Ended

Add an INDEPENDENT clause:

Before I went shopping...

Open Ended

Add an INDEPENDENT clause:

Before we reached the elevator,....