4. An independent clause is a clause
that can stand alone. It is a group of
words that contains a subject and
verb and expresses a complete
thought.
An independent clause is a sentence.
5. Fixing Choppy Sentences
Ex) The cat was happy.
Ex) He slept underneath the bed.
Compound= The cat was happy, and
he slept underneath the bed.
9. Comma + CC/FANBOYS
Ex) The teens walked to the park,
but it was closed.
Ex) The gentleman did not know
where the sound came from, so he hid
behind the tree.
10. A compound sentence can be
used to show cause and effect.
Cause – explains why something
happen
Effect – Explains what happened
11. Example:
John made a rude comment, so
Elise hit him.
The phrase underlined once is the
cause and the phrase underlined twice
is the effect.
12. I flipped the light switch and the
light came on.
She did not cheat on the test, for it
was the wrong thing to do.
A tornado blew the roof off the
house, and as a result, the family had
to find another place to live.
14. A sentence that contains an
independent clause and at least one
dependent clause. It is joined
together by a conjunction.
15. Example: Because of a price
increase, sales are down.
Since the electricity went out for
most of the day, the ice cream in the
freezer melted.
If you train your dog, he will follow
commands.
16. after
although
as
as if
as long as
as much as
as soon as
as though
because
Subordinating
Conjunctions
before
by the time
even if
even though
if
in order that
in case
in the event that
lest
17. now that
once
only
only if
provided that
since
so
supposing
that
than while
though where
till
unless
until, when
whenever
whereas
wherever
whether or not
