After each sentence select the option that best describes the use of clauses in
that sentence:
1. The pony express did not last long.
a. Independent Clause
b. Dependent Clause
c. not a Clause
2. Because today's mail travels so slowly.
a. Independent Clause
b. Dependent Clause
c. not a Clause
3. When Karen looked into the microscope, she could see the cell’s structure
in great detail.
a. The independent clause is: ‘She could see the cell’s structure in great
detail’.
b. This sentence has no independent clause
c. The sentence has more than one independent clause.
4. He ran out of money, so he had to stop playing poker.
a. This sentence has no independent clauses.
b. This sentence has one independent clause.
c. This sentence has two independent clauses.
5. My sister got a raise because she works hard.
a. ‘because she works hard’. is the dependent clause
b. This sentence has no dependent clause.
c. The section bolded is a dependent clause.
6. After the tornado hit, there was very little left standing.
a. The word ‘after’ is a co-ordinating conjunction.
b. The sentence has one independent clause.
c. The sentence has no dependent clause.
7. She wanted spinach salad; he wanted a hamburger.
a. This sentence has no independent clauses.
b. This sentence has one independent clause.
c. This sentence has two independent clauses.
8. Although my friends begged me, I chose not to go to the reunion.
a. This sentence has no dependent clause.
b. ‘although my friend begged me’. is the dependent clause
c. The section bolded is a dependent clause.
9. The boys sang and the girls danced.
a. The independent clause is: ‘the girls danced.’
b. This sentence has no independent clause
c. The sentence has one independent clause.
10. When he got a cream pie smashed in his face.
a. Independent Clause b. Dependent Clause c. not a Clause
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a. Independent Clause
a. Independent Clause
5. My sister got a raise because she works hard
c. This sentence has two independent clauses.
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