IXL | Identify dependent and independent clauses

Select the independent clause.

If you don't eat a healthy breakfast, you may have difficulty concentrating throughout the day.

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Select the independent clause.

While infants only blink once or twice per minute, the average adult blinks around ten times in the same amount of time.

key idea

A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate.

An independent clause is a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause (or subordinate clause) is not a complete thought. It cannot stand alone as a sentence.

let's pick up some sandwiches from Pete's Cafe

The clause can stand alone. It is independent.

after Kevin gets off work

The clause cannot stand alone. It is dependent.

A complex sentence is made up of an independent clause and a dependent clause. The dependent clause in a complex sentence usually begins with a subordinating conjunction like after, although, as, because, before, if, since, unless, until, when, or while.

Let's pick up some sandwiches from Pete's Cafe after Kevin gets off work.

solution

The average adult blinks around ten times in the same amount of time is the independent clause. It can stand alone as a sentence.

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