Question

becky is trying to determine how many independent clauses are present in the sentence, \walking through the woods one day, i gathered a bunch of flowers, and i also got bitten by a tick.\ what is the correct answer?

three
two
one
zero

Explanation:

Analyze the sentence structure

The sentence is: "Walking through the woods one day, I gathered a bunch of flowers, and I also got bitten by a tick."

• "Walking through the woods one day" is a participial phrase (dependent element).
• "I gathered a bunch of flowers" is a complete thought with a subject ("I") and a verb ("gathered") that can stand alone as a sentence (Independent Clause 1).
• "and" is a coordinating conjunction.
• "I also got bitten by a tick" is a complete thought with a subject ("I") and a verb phrase ("got bitten") that can stand alone as a sentence (Independent Clause 2).

Count the independent clauses

There are exactly two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and".

Answer:

• Three
• Two (Correct answer)
• One
• Zero