Question

directions: read the four sentences and then select the correct options in the drop - down menus.

1. sakura dropped her abnormal psychology class —, after she decided to major in biology —.
2. before she and her roommates started preparing food for the party —, erin cleaned the kitchen —.
3. when eckart was looking for an investor to put money into his new business —, which he needed in order to expand to a second location —, his friend mariel helped him with crowdsourcing —.
4. although hallie worried about putting lengthy quotations into her history paper — because she thought the professor might see that as plagiarism —, she decided it would be ok — as long as she cited each quotation correctly

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directions: select the appropriate button to identify whether each cla dependent
independent

Explanation:

An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence. A dependent clause cannot stand alone and usually starts with a subordinating conjunction (like "after", "before", "when", "although", "because", "as long as").

1. "Sakura dropped her abnormal psychology class" is an independent clause. "after she decided to major in biology" is a dependent clause.
2. "Erin cleaned the kitchen" is an independent clause. "Before she and her roommates started preparing food for the party" is a dependent clause.
3. "his friend Mariel helped him with crowdsourcing" is an independent clause. "When Eckart was looking for an investor to put money into his new business" is a dependent clause. "which he needed in order to expand to a second location" is a dependent clause (relative clause).
4. "she decided it would be OK" is an independent clause. "Although Hallie worried about putting lengthy quotations into her history paper" is a dependent clause. "because she thought the professor might see that as plagiarism" is a dependent clause. "as long as she cited each quotation correctly" is a dependent clause.

Answer:

1. independent, dependent
2. dependent, independent
3. dependent, dependent, independent
4. dependent, dependent, independent, dependent