Dependent and Independent Clauses and When to Use Commas
Authored by Margaret Anderson
English
6th - 7th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an independent clause?
A sentence that can stand on it's own.
A sentence that can NOT stand on its own.
Tags
CCSS.L.7.1A
CCSS.L.9-10.1B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a dependent clause?
A sentence that can NOT stand on it's own.
A sentence that can stand on it's own.
Tags
CCSS.L.7.1A
CCSS.L.9-10.1B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A _____ contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.
Sentence
Predicate
Clause
Complex sentence Complex sentence
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.2.1F
CCSS.L.3.1I
CCSS.L.7.1B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is needed when the dependent clause comes before the independent clause?
Comma
No Comma
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a subordinating conjunction?
for
yet
because
so
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.5.1E
CCSS.L.1.1G
CCSS.L.5.1A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the following sentence a dependent or independent clause?
"If you live on an island"
dependent
independent
Tags
CCSS.L.7.1A
CCSS.L.9-10.1B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is the following sentence a dependent or independent clause?
Jane washed her dog in the bath tub.
dependent
independent
Tags
CCSS.L.7.1A
CCSS.L.9-10.1B
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