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Sveva kart (20301041 6s-) Name Date Independent and Dependent Clauses A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate, There are two kinds of clauses: independent clauses and dependent clauses, An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought. Example: The students came in when the bell rang. The students came in, Underline the independent clause in each sentence below. 1, Frank-will be busy because he is studying. Frank wil bt wuss - Lhave only one hour that Ican spare. \ Wayg only One hove thay \ can Spare . The project must be finished when I get back. Ke Praet WSt lee EfotS hed |. Gloria volunteered to do the typing that needs to be done. Gloria Yolunarerra fodo the Ayping . The work is going too slowly for us to finish on time. She wok s. HENS 400 stowsry, . Before Nathan started to help, J didn’t think we could finish. -y ido, Hank We cova EIntshy J. What else should we do before we relax? Whot tse shovly we do Sen areayn . Since you forgot to give this page to Gloria, you can type it. 30a can type te . After she had finished typing, we completed the project. we corapreéed abe prusret 10. We actually got it finished before the deadline arrived. We actualy 90 i gtenShed See ‘A dependent clause has a subject and predicate but cannot stand alone as a sentence because it does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause must be combined with an independent clause to make a sentence, Example: The stamp that I bought was already in my collection, Underline the dependent clause in each sentence below. 11. The people who went shopping founda great sale. WhO went stopping 12, Tony's bike, which is a mountain bike, came from that store, Whtcly

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