Clauses

Is the following clause INDEPENDENT or SUBORDINATE?
Please pick up the Legos on the floor!  

• INDEPENDENT

• SUBORDINATE

What type of clause is in RED?

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

• dependent clause

• independent clause

What type of clause is in RED?

We all went to the game, and we went to the movies after.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

What type of clause is in RED?

I had a huge cup of coffee before I went to school.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

What type of clause is in RED?

Everything was fine until Sally came along.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

What type of clause is in RED?

Whenever I have a bad day, I call my best friend.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

How does a dependent clause begin?

• with a subject

• with a verb

• with a subordinating conjunction (W.A.S.A.B.I.)

• with an adjective

How does an independent clause begin?

• with a subject

• with a verb

• with a subordinating conjunction (W.A.S.A.B.I.)

• with an adjective

What type of clause is in RED?

Because oil drilling cracks the bedrock, it can cause earthquakes.

• dependent clause

• independent clause

What type of clause is in RED?

Since doping is illegal, Russian athletes were banned from competing in the Winter Olympics.

• dependent clause

• independent clause