Question

highlight all the words that make up the two independent clauses below.
gumball watterson looked confused: he thought he had left his backpack in the other room.

Explanation:

An independent clause has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence. The first independent clause is "Gumball Watterson looked confused" (subject: Gumball Watterson; predicate: looked confused). The second is "he thought he had left his backpack in the other room" (subject: he; predicate: thought he had left his backpack in the other room).

Answer:

First independent clause: Gumball Watterson looked confused
Second independent clause: he thought he had left his backpack in the other room