Independent Clause

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Independent Clause

• Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone
  as a sentence
• Kate noted the days events in her journal.

2
Dependent Clause

• Does not express a complete thought and cannot
  stand alone as a sentence
• Before she went to bed

3
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
4
Simple Sentence

• One independent clause and no dependent clauses.
• John sings.
• Melissa loves to play sports.

5
Compound Sentence

• Two independent clauses combined and no dependent
  clauses.
• Usually combined with a comma and coordinating
  conjunction FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or,
  yet, so.
• Or a semicolon
• Bill sings, and his brother plays the piano.
• Melissa loves to play sports she likes to cook,

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Complex Sentence

• Contains one independent clause and one or more
  dependent clause.
• After she is kind to a stranger, she is given one
  wish.
• Mr. Hernandez pulls a cape across his face so
  that the stranger looks mysterious.
• Because her wish comes true, the children stick
  to a tree.
• She ignores their cries until the children
  promise not to bother her.

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Subordinating Conjunctions to Combine Dependent
and Independent Clauses

• After
• Although
• While
• When
• Because
• Before
• Even though
• If only
• Since
• So that
• Unless
• Until
• Whenever
• Though