Independent and dependent clauses

Independent and dependent clauses

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

It is almost Christmas, and I am excited!

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A compound sentence has TWO independent clauses.

A complex sentence has ONE independent clause and TWO or MORE dependent clauses.

Be prepared to count how many independent and dependent clauses are in each sentence.

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

I put up my Christmas tree, but my cat took it down.

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This is a compound sentence, so there are TWO independent clauses.

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

Although I put up my Christmas tree, my cat took it down.

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This is a complex sentence, so it only has ONE independent clause.

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

It is almost Christmas, and I am excited!

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This is a compound sentence, so there are TWO independent clauses.

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

A friend of mine taught first grade, and she asked her students what they wanted for Christmas.

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Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

When she asked the first student, he said he wanted one dollar and a stack of paper.

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This has one independent clause because it is a complex sentence (it has a FANBOYS fraud, so it isn't compound).

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

The next student said that he wanted a dog and a present for his sister because she is a baby and can't ask for her own presents.

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This is also a complex sentence--it uses "because" as a dependent marker word. It had two FANBOYS frauds.

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

Sarie shot for the stars when she asked for new glue sticks.

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This is a complex sentence with one independent clause.

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

Kristin was only asking for $12,000,000, but I doubt Santa granted her wish.

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This is a compound sentence, so it had TWO independent clauses.

Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

Adam only wanted $10,000,000 and a sting ray, so I'm sure Santa granted his wish.

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Multiple Choice

How many independent clauses are in this sentence?

Garrett wrote that he wanted $1,000,000,000 and a huge robot when he made his Christmas list.

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This is complex and has only one Independent clause (it also has a fake FANBOYS).

Garrett wrote that he wanted $1,000,000,000 and a huge robot when he made his Christmas list.