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The document discusses clauses and their types. There are two kinds of clauses: independent clauses, which can stand alone as a complete sentence with a subject and verb, and dependent clauses, which need to be connected to an independent clause to express a complete thought. Dependent clauses often begin with dependent markers like "after", "although", or "if" and cannot stand alone as a sentence. The difference between independent and dependent clauses is demonstrated through examples.
Clauses with Video
- 1. { Clauses
- 2. { {DEPENDENT INDEPENDENT Clauses are like families.
- 3. A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. Remember, we have two kinds of clauses. Independent clauses—have a subject and a verb and express a complete thought by themselves. They stand alone as complete sentences. And Dependent clauses—have a subject and a verb, but DON’T express a complete thought because of the word they begin with. What are Clauses?
- 4. A dependent clause cannot stand alone. A dependent clause on its own is a sentence fragment. A dependent clause must be connected to an independent clause to express a complete idea. Dependent clauses often begin with a dependent marker. Dependent Clauses
- 5. Some Dependent Markers After Although As As if As soon as Because Before Even if Even though Ever since How If Since So that That Though Unless When While
- 6. When a clause starts with one of the dependent marker words, it is usually a dependent clause. Let’s look at the difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause. We ate dinner together. Examples This can stand alone. It is an independent clause (also called simple sentence or main clause. It has a subject, (we) and a verb (ate) and it expresses a complete thought. Independent Clause—I stand on my own.
- 7. As soon as we put one of the dependent markers in front of the clause, it becomes dependent because it no longer expresses a complete thought. *After we ate dinner together… *Although we ate dinner together… *Before we ate dinner together… *Since we ate dinner together… Dependent Markers in Use
- 8. Each of these dependent clauses leaves the reader expecting something more. Each would depend on another clause—an independent clause—to make a sentence. After we ate dinner together, we watched a movie. After we ate dinner together= dependent clause. We watched a movie= independent clause. Fixing the Dependent Clause