P/SAT: Independent vs. Dependent Clauses: Review

Before

• Subordinating Conjunction

• Coordinating Conjunction

  (FANBOYS)

• Neither

Yet

• Subordinating Conjunction

• Coordinating Conjunction

  (FANBOYS)

• Neither

Rarely

• Subordinating Conjunction

• Coordinating Conjunction

  (FANBOYS)

• Neither

Whether

• Subordinating Conjunction

• Coordinating Conjunction

  (FANBOYS)

• Neither

During my first year of teaching_ I spent a lot of money at Starbucks.

My best friend from high school is visiting me this week_we are going to a comedy show.

Brianna booked a flight a few months ago_because she really loves comedy shows.

Whenever I go back to Tulsa_ I typically go to two of my favorite restaurant and coffee shop, Taco Bueno and Aspen Coffee Co.

Taco Bueno, a fast-food Mexican restaurant, is very similar to Taco Bell_ Taco Bueno has Muchacos, a taco with a puffy pita bread shell.

A compound sentence contains...

• two independent clauses, comma, & a coordinating (FANBOYS) conjunction

• one independent clause, one dependent clause & a comma if the dependent clause comes before the independent clause.

• a dependent clause, two independent clauses, comma, & a coordinating (FANBOYS) conjunction

• one independent clause, one dependent clause & a comma with a FANBOYS conjunction if the dependent clause comes before the independent clause.