Edge C Complex Sentences

Which of the following is an independent clause?

• I don’t like snakes.

• After the rain,

• While we waited,

When a dependent clause comes at the start of a complex sentence, you need to put a comma after it.

• true

• false

Which clause cannot stand on its own as a sentence?

• independent

• dependent

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

• Heather always gets sick when she eats cheese.

• Heather always gets sick when she eats cheese, she loves lunch.

Identify the relative clause in the following sentence. I try to avoid restaurants that serve hot dogs without ketchup.

• that serve hot dogs without ketchup.

• hot dogs without ketchup.

• I try to avoid restaurants that

Identify the independent clause: I want to go to the museum and the movies although it is raining.

• is raining

• I want to go to the museum

• although it is raining

How could the fragment be revised to make it a complex sentence? If Percy could be a professional cook.

• Professional cooks from around the world.

• If Percy could be a professional cook, he’d make food from everywhere in the world.

• After Percy became a professional cook,

Which of the following is an independent clause?

• Before Bernadette went to the store.

• After going to the store,

• Bernadette jogged to the corner store.

Can a dependent clause can stand alone?

• yes

• no

An independent clause must have a subject, verb, and be a complete thought.

• true

• false