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Note: Most of the subordinate (dependent) clauses have an adverbial function providing added meaning to the main (independent) clause. For example: Always wash your hands before you eat. The dependent clause before you eat is indicating ‘when’. Note that in sentence 6, the function of this clause is “adjectival” describing friend. All of these sentences are COMPLEX sentences which contain one main clause and one (or more) subordinate clauses.
The following sentences contain two clauses. Indicate whether the clause in italics is a main (independent) or subordinate (dependent) clause.
Before he arrived, I made him a meal.
The following sentences contain two clauses. Indicate whether the clause in italics is a main (independent) or subordinate (dependent) clause.
James fed the chickens because they were hungry.
The following sentences contain two clauses. Indicate whether the clause in italics is a main (independent) or subordinate (dependent) clause.
Jack really likes to camp where he can go fishing.
The following sentences contain two clauses. Indicate whether the clause in italics is a main (independent) or subordinate (dependent) clause.
She walks as if she is in pain.
The following sentences contain two clauses. Indicate whether the clause in italics is a main (independent) or subordinate (dependent) clause.
When he was young, Peter lived in China.
The following sentences contain two clauses. Indicate whether the clause in italics is a main (independent) or subordinate (dependent) clause.
This is the friend who is studying at Monash.
The following sentences contain two clauses. Indicate whether the clause in italics is a main (independent) or subordinate (dependent) clause.
As soon as she met him, she knew he was Mr Right.
The following sentences contain two clauses. Indicate whether the clause in italics is a main (independent) or subordinate (dependent) clause.
I am doing this course because I love grammar.