
Clauses: Independent and Dependent
11th Grade · ELA · 60 min
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Learning Objective
I can distinguish between dependent and independent clauses and use them correctly in complex sentences.
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An independent clause contains both a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence.
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Dependent clauses, also known as subordinate clauses, also contain a subject and a verb, but cannot stand alone and need an independent clause to make sense.
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Unlike clauses, phrases do NOT contain both a subject and predicate, and examples of phrases include noun phrases, prepositional phrases, and verb phrases.


