1. Independent and dependent clauses
Fragments and Run-Ons
Independent and dependent clauses

2. Practice 1 line dependent 2 lines independent clause.
Millions of immigrants entered the United States from 1892 to 1943 at Ellis Island in New York harbor.
In the United States, women won the right to vote in 1920.
Almost half of the 206 bones in the human skeleton are in the hands and feet.

3. Practice Write (d) for dependent and (I) for independent.
_____ Silence is golden.
_____ Because I was about to wet my pants.
_____ Richard ran to the store.
_____ Stormy didn’t want to hurt Chris’s feelings.
_____ They ate all of the Thanksgiving leftovers.
_____ So I fled in terror.
ANSWERS (1) I (2) D (3) I (4) I (5) I (6) D