Dependent clause

When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies.

• Dependent clause

• Independent clause

Does anyone know what we are having for dinner? Identify the dependent clause. Identify the dependent clause.

• Does anyone know

• what we are having for dinner?

This year we rented the same cabin, and we had just as much fun. Identify the dependent clause.

• And we had just as much fun.

• This year we rented the same cabin

When Maya entered the photography contest, she didn’t expect to get first place. Identify the dependent clause.

• She didn’t expect to get first place.

• When Maya entered the photography contest

Alicia and Jaime want to know which restaurant we should meet at. Identify the dependent clause.

• Which restaurant we should meet at.

• Alicia and Jaime want to know

I can’t wait until the pizza gets here! Identify the dependent clause.

• I can’t wait

• Until the pizza gets here!

I tend to be groggy until I have my coffee in the morning. Identify the dependent clause.

• I tend to be groggy

• Until I have my coffee in the morning.

The crew could see the whale, which had surfaced only 50 m behind them. Identify the dependent clause.

• The crew could see the whale

• Which had surfaced only 50 m behind them.

The excellence of a gift lies in how appropriate it is rather than how valuable it is. Identify the dependent clause.

• Rather than how valuable it is.

• The excellence of a gift lies in how appropriate it is

Do you know the butcher who went to court on Saturday? Identify the dependent clause.

• Who went to court on Saturday?

• Do you know the butcher