independent and dependent clauses
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Independent and Dependent Clauses. How do they work together?. Independent and Dependent Clauses. Independent Clause- a complete thought that can stand on its own. It does NOT depend on another group of words to make sense. It makes sense on its own. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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HOW DO THEY WORK TOGETHER?
Independent and Dependent Clauses
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Independent and Dependent Clauses
Independent Clause- a complete thought that can stand on its own. It does NOT depend on another group of words to make sense. It makes sense on its own.
Dependent Clause-begins with a subordinating conjunction or “signal word” such as while, whenever, although, because, etc. It DEPENDS on an independent clause to form a complete thought.
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Independent Clauses
My mother and I drove to Jacksonville yesterday because we wanted to go shopping.
“My mother and I drove to Jacksonville yesterday” is an independent clause. It makes perfect sense by itself.
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Dependent Clauses
My mother and I drove to Jacksonville yesterday because we wanted to go shopping.
“Because we wanted to go shopping” is a dependent clause. It depends on the independent clause to make sense. If there is no independent clause attached to it, we would refer to it as a fragment.
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Signal Words: Dependent Clauses
There are several words that usually signal the start of a dependent clause, such as:
Because, although, while, when, whenever, until, where, wherever, though, even if, which, before, whether, if. (There are more, but these are some of the most common.)
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Can you spot the dependent clause?
Although she is not a fan of broccoli, Mary loves asparagus and other vegetables.
Whenever she is feeling blue, Clarice likes to listen to music.
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Answers:
Although she is not a fan of broccoli, Mary loves asparagus and other vegetables.
Whenever she is feeling blue, Clarice likes to listen to music.
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Can you spot the dependent clause?
Devon drove his girlfriend Lisa to the movies yesterday because she has been wanting to see the latest Brad Pitt movie.
I exercised on my new treadmill while watching television.
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The Answers:
Devon drove his girlfriend Lisa to the movies yesterday because she has been wanting to see the latest Brad Pitt movie.
I exercised on my new treadmill while watching television.
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Simple and Compound sentences:
When a sentence contains one independent clause and NOTHING ELSE, it is called a simple sentence. Example:
Mary rode her bike to the park.
When a sentence contains two independent clauses, it is called a compound sentence. Example:
Mary rode her bike to the park, and she listened to the band play.
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Take Notice:
The two independent clauses were joined together by a comma and a conjunction. If we left off the conjunction, it would be a run-0n sentence!
Correct: Mary rode her bike to the park, and she listened to the band play.
Incorrect: Mary rode her bike to the park, she listened to the band play.
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Semi colons:
Only semi-colons can take the place of a comma and a conjunctions when bridging two independent clauses together.
Also correct: Mary rode her bike to the park; she listened to the band play.