Name : Desy Deria Panggabean

NPM : 20810007

INTERMEDIATE GRAMMAR

ASSIGNMENTOFMEETING9: INDEPENDENTCLAUSES

I.Underline the independent clause from these sentences below.

1. Before you go to bed, you need to brush your teeth.

2. I don’t own any pet, because my brother has allergy.

3. Rudi likes drinking coffee, but Aini is trying to avoid caffeine.

4. The movie is great. I like the actors.

5. Irma had gone overseas, since her father is a diplomat.

II.Choose the correct answer.

1. An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone as a sentence.

A. True B. False

2. Select the independent clause:

A. This is nice B. Nice one

3. Select the independent clause:

A. She passed him the letter. B. Until he read the letter

4. A clause typically has a subject and verb.

A. True B. False

5. Select the independent clause:

A. Even though it’s raining and cold. B. I’m leaving

6. Select the independent clause:

A. the squirrel is back. B. Before the squirrel eats all the nuts.
7. A sentence with two or more independent clauses is called a simple sentence.
A.True B. False

8. A sentence with two or more independent clauses is called a compound sentence.

A. True B. False

9. Select the independent clause:

A. Too much snow on the road to move B. The snow has covered the road.

10. Select the independent clause:

A. Go. B. who is unable to go

11. Select the independent clause:

A. Whenever you’re ready B. See you later.

12. Select the independent clause:

A. Sit. B. Where I am sitting.

13. Select the independent clause:

A. If I see him. B. I see him.

14. Select the simple sentence:

A. The fire will protect us from the wolves. B. We’re safe from the wolves while the fire is
alight.

15. Select the compound sentence:

A. I like pie but love cakes. B. I like pie, but I love cakes.

16. Select the complex sentence:

A. I like cakes, which is fortune. B. He took one of mine and one of his.

17. When there are no dependent clauses in the same sentence as an independent clause, the
independent clause is a simple sentence.

18. Select the compound sentence:

A. I will check with my boss and send you an email. B. I will check, and send you an email.