Identifying Clauses and Phrases

Digging holes in the hot sun every day made the boys exhausted.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

The boys were excited because Stanley found a mysterious lipstick tube.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Zero taught Stanley how to read, which helped him later on.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

After the warden discovered the treasure, she became even more determined.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Sitting by the hole, exhausted and thirsty, Stanley wiped the sweat from his face.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Stanley believed that his bad luck was caused by his great-great-grandfather, but he still kept digging.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

When Kate Barlow robbed the town’s richest man, chaos erupted.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

The boys at Camp Green Lake had to dig one hole every day, no matter the weather.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Although the lizards were poisonous, Stanley and Zero managed to survive.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Running away from Camp Green Lake was the only option they had left.

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause