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Dependent Clauses
Hint: a dependent clause can be located by reading it by itself. If it makes sense on its own, it is not a dependent clause
Click on the Dependent Clauses in the following sentences.
When she heard the glass break, Mrs. Smith came quickly to the window.
She was so mad that she began to yell at the kids
He ran until his lungs hurt.
She was so mad that she began to yell at the kids
He ran until his lungs hurt.
The dependent clauses are highlighted in the following sentences.
Clauses that do not have a complete thought, but complement the main sentence to which it is connected with a subordinating conjunction.
Dependent Clauses:
A dependent clause (sometimes called a subordinate clause) is a clause that has its own subject and verb, but which does not form a complete thought on its own. It is connected with the main sentence with a subordinate conjunction. There are a variety of subordinating conjunctions (e.g 'until', 'because', 'so that' etc.), each of which shows a distinctive relationship with the main sentence. The dependent clause usually somehow modifies, describes and explains the main sentence like and adverb. A dependent clause does not make sense on its own.
I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. -Eph. 4:1
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