Identify the structure used in the following sentence. Underline the independent clause twice and the dependent clause once.
1. If your parents won’t object, I shall drive you to school, and I shall treat you to lunch later.
2. Before Rose and her family went on vacation, they brought the dogs to the nearby kennel.
3. Either you leave now, or you do not leave at all.
4. The earth goes round the sun.
5. John didn’t come because he was ill so Mary was not happy.
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Answer:
1. dependent clause - If your parents won't object,
independent clauses - a) I shall drive you to school, b) I shall treat you to lunch later
2. dependent clause - Before Rose and her family went on vacation
independent clause - they brought the dogs to the nearby kennel
3. independent clauses - a) you leave now, b). you do not leave at all
4. independent clause - the earth goes round the sun
5. independent clauses - a) John didn't come because he was ill. b) Mary was not happy.
Explanation:
it is considered an independent clause when it can function as one sentence, when you separate it from the rest of the sentence, it still makes sense,
dependent clause - it is not a complete sentence, there is no complete thought.
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