Griffith

ENG 2101

Barrett, Chapter 5.4

1. Clauses
A. Definition: a group of words with both a subject and a predicate
B. Types
1. Independent Clause: function on own:

a) I left my backpack on the bus.

b) The white Corvette down the street belongs to my neighbor.
c) The flooding after the hurricane continues in North Carolina.

Identify the subject and verb in the following sentences: (subject underlined,
verb italicized) /

a) The School of Liberal Arts has a convocation on Tuesday.

b) It seems to rain every weekend.

c) Are you going to the concert on Friday?

2. Dependent clause: cannot function on its own, unfinished.

a) When I left my backpack on the bus…

b) Because the white Corvette down the street belongs to my neighbor…

c) …since the flooding after the hurricane continues in North Carolina.

Write a complex sentence – one that has both an independent clause and a
dependent clause – using the following information.

a) We haven’t been to the shore this summer.

b) It seems to rain every weekend.

Because it seems to rain every weekend, we haven’t been to the shore this
summer.
 We haven’t been to the shore this summer, likely because it seems to rain every
weekend.

It seems to rain every weekend, so we haven’t been to the shore this summer.

When I find myself overwhelmed with work, I pause and listen to music until I
can focus again.

Though the news was late because of the football game, it still managed to
distress me greatly.