Grab your folder, sit down, and copy these

on a sheet of paper

Subject: the person or thing that is being discussed, the topic of

the sentence.

Verb: a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence,

and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence

Dependent Clause: a phrase that cannot stand alone as its own

sentence. It must be connected to an independent clause.

Independent Clause: a complete sentence, must contain a

subject and a verb.