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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Lesson 2-1: The Complete Predicate
Lesson 2-2: The Complete Predicate (Continued)
Lesson 2-3: The Simple Predicate
Lesson 2-4: The Complete Subject
Lesson 2-5: The Simple Subject
Lesson 2-6: The Predicate versus the Subject
Lesson 2-7: Changes in Sentence Patterns
Lesson 2-8: Changes in Sentence Patterns (Continued)
Lesson 2-9: Appositives Within the Sentence
Lesson 2-10: Appositives and Simple Subjects
Quiz 2-11: Cumulative Review
Lesson 2-12: The Clause
Lesson 2-13: Independent versus Dependent Clauses
Lesson 2-14: Independent versus Dependent Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-15: The Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment
Lesson 2-16: The Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment (Continued)
Lesson 2-17: The Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-18: The Dependent Clause
Lesson 2-19: The Dependent Clause (Continued)
Quiz 2-20: Cumulative Review
Lesson 2-21: The Adjective Clause
Lesson 2-22: The Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-23: Commas and the Adjective Clause
Lesson 2-24: Commas and the Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-25: Commas and the Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-26: The Adverbial Clause
Lesson 2-27: The Adverbial Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-28: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-29: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-30: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-31: The Noun Clause
Lesson 2-32: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-33: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-34: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-35: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-36: The Compound Sentence
Lesson 2-37: Compound Sentences versus Run-on Sentences
Lesson 2-38: The Compound-Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-39: Identifying Sentences by Structure
Lesson 2-40: Identifying Sentences by Structure (Continued)
Quiz 2-41: Cumulative Review
Exercise 2-42: Module 2 Self-Test
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
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English Grammar
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ndependent versus Dependent Clauses
Lesson 2-13
Comments:
Prompt:
When a clause stands alone as a complete thought, the clause is an "independent clause." When a clause cannot stand alone as a complete thought, the clause is a "dependent clause."
Example:
Consider the following: 1) "The spring flowers are beginning to grow ..." This clause stands alone and is an independent clause. 2) "When the sun came up ..." This clause cannot stand alone and is a dependent clause.
Directions:
Below are groups of words, phrases, and clauses. Below each group, click to select whether the group is an independent clause, dependent clause, or no clause.
1.
The horses were running in the field ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
2.
Near the city of Chicago ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
3.
As the crowd slowly gathered ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
4.
While he was at work ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
5.
The spring floods were beginning ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
6.
An independent clause makes a complete thought ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
7.
When a dependent clause is used ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
8.
A clause has a simple subject and a simple predicate ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
9.
Next to his sister on the boat ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
10.
The words "in the house" are a prepositional phrase ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)
11.
A phrase is not a clause ...
(
independent clause
) (
dependent clause
) (
no clause
)