2. Independent and Dependent Clauses
3-31 Study Skills Agenda
Independent and Dependent Clauses

3. 3-31 Study Skills Learning Targets
I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.

4. A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.
3-31 Study Skills
Learning Targets: I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses
A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.

5. 3-31 Study Skills
Learning Targets: I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses
An independent clause can stand alone as a separate sentence
Every sentence must have at least one independent clause.
Examples: Let’s start the music.
I’ll tell her the assignment.
The battery is defective.

6. 3-31 Study Skills
Learning Targets: I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses
A dependent clause starts with a subordinator word such as “when,” “if” or “which.”
Examples:
When Ronnie gets here
If Denise comes to class late
which I bought last weekend

7. 3-31 Study Skills
Learning Targets: I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses
One difference between an independent and a dependent clause is the type of word it starts with.
Independent Clauses do not start with a subordinator.
Dependent Clauses do start with a subordinator.

8. 3-31 Study Skills
Learning Targets: I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses
A dependent clause is combined with an independent clause to make a longer sentence.
These example sentences with two clauses are called complex sentences. They have both an independent and a dependent clause.
Examples: When Ronnie gets here, let’s start the music.
If Denise comes to class late, I’ll tell her the assignment.
The battery which I bought last weekend is defective.

9. 3-31 Study Skills Independent and Dependent Clauses
Learning Targets: I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses
Sometimes two independent clauses are put together to make a longer sentence.
This is done with a comma and a FANBOYS conjunction.
These examples are called compound sentences.
A sentence can be both compound and complex.
Examples: Dogs bark, and cats meow.
The weather is beautiful today, so I’ll take a walk.

10. 3-31 Study Skills F – For A – And N – Nor B – But O – Or Y – Yet
Learning Targets: I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses
F – For
A – And
N – Nor
B – But
O – Or
Y – Yet
S - So

11. Review directions Complete worksheet 3-31 Study Skills
Learning Targets: I will review and identify independent and dependent clauses.
Independent and Dependent Clauses Practice
Review directions
Complete worksheet