What is the DEPENDENT clause in the sentence below?
While he eats lunch, he talks about what he will eat for dinner.
Complex Sentences

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English
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4th Grade
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Sarah Williams
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
While he eats lunch,
he talks about what he will eat for dinner.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the DEPENDENT clause in the following sentence?
Since fourth grade, she'd kept a running list of them and liked to reread it to see if she could get the stories to go further in her head.
She'd kept a running list of them and liked to reread it to see if she could get the stories to go further in her head.
Since fourth grade,
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify whether the clause in blue below is dependent or independent.
Because she is holding the microphone so close to her face, each moment of contact sounds like a heavy blow.
dependent clause
independent clause
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the DEPENDENT clause in the following sentence:
You shouldn't lie to yourself either if you don't lie to anyone else in the world.
You shouldn't lie to yourself either
You shouldn't lie to yourself either if
if you don't lie to anyone else in the world.
you don't lie to anyone else in the world.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
We have to go to bed when the clock chimes 10:00.
compound
complex
simple
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
James and Eve rode their bicycles after they ate lunch.
compound
complex
simple
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A dependent clause
has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought
can be a sentence on its own
has a subject and a predicate and is a complete thought
makes a sentence compound
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