Identify each underlined clause as independent or subordinate
(1) The raccoon is not a very particular animal when it comes to food. (2) This black - masked creature can make a meal of almost anything, as long as the food is clean. (3) Before it will eat anything, the raccoon first washes its food. (4) A raccoon would go hungry before it would eat anything (5) that had not first been washed.
Identify each underlined clause as independent or subordinate
A raccoon will sometimes go through the motions of washing (6) if no water is available. (7) Because a raccoon’s desire for cleanliness is so strong, it will often scrub pebbles (8) until they shine. Then it will neatly stack the pebbles (9) so they can dry in the sun. (10) This is an unusual form of behavior that no other animal shares.
Answers
Answer:
1. Independent or principal clause
2. Independent or principal clause
3. Subordinate or dependent clause
4. Independent or principal clause
5. Subordinate or dependent clause
6. Subordinate or dependent clause
7. Subordinate or dependent clause
8. Subordinate or dependent clause
9. Subordinate or dependent clause
10. Independent or principal clause
Answer:
The underlined part in each sentence is subordinate clause; and the part not underlined is independent clause.
(1) The raccoon is not a very particular animal when it comes to food.
(2) This black - masked creature can make a meal of almost anything, as long as the food is clean.
(3) Before it will eat anything, the raccoon first washes its food.
(4) A raccoon would go hungry before it would eat anything
(5) A raccoon will sometimes go through the motions of washing that had not first been washed.
(6) if no water is available.
(7) Because a raccoon’s desire for cleanliness is so strong, it will often scrub pebbles
(8) until they shine. Then it will neatly stack the pebbles
(9) so they can dry in the sun.
(10) This is an unusual form of behavior that no other animal shares.
Explanation:
A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. Simple sentences have one clause; compound sentences have two or more independent clauses; and complex sentences have two or more than two independent and dependent clauses.
Main Clause is an independent clause that when written independently, makes complete sentence
Subordinate Clause when written alone or independently, does not make sense.