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Hi,
I think that you need to say what the choices for the questions were. If you meant to ask "What is an example of an independent clause?", then here's an example:
Greg was hungry, but there was no food in the house.
The clause Greg was hungry could be a sentence on its own. That means that it is an independent clause.
If you were given a multiple choice question, then you need to add more detail (i.e. the possible answers).
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Example of independent clause?
An Independent clause can stand alone in a sentence. Example: (The IC is underlined) I can lift twenty pounds of feathers with brown spots on them.
A clause that cannot stand alone?
the clause that couldn't stand on its own is called: Dependent clause or Subordinating clause. example: before you leave for work today. another would be: After the long exhausting day. These two examples may contain a subject and a verb (you - subject and leave - verb [for the first example]) but this group of words is dependent clause because this group of words does not express a complete thought and it needs to be attached to a main clause or a independent clause. By the way, a clause that could stand on its own is called a main clause or an idependent clause. An example of which is "I slept for three hours." This in fact is an independent clause or a simple sentence. but if you attach the dependent clause - "After a long exhausting day." you will have a sentence that looks like this: After the long exhausting day, I slept for three hours. (this now becomes a complex sentence. It is a combination of an independent clause and a dependent clause in one sentence.
What is the independent clause in the following sentence although it was raining you played tennis anyway?
"You played tennis anyway" is the independent clause; "although it was raining" is the dependent clause. An independent clause can stand on its own as a sentence, but a dependent clause cannot be a sentence.
What are dependent clauses?
A dependent clause is a clause (subject and predicate) that cannot form a sentence by itself. An example would be: "When I went to the store" --this clause has a subject and verb, but the word "when" makes it dependent on more information. Another example would be "Although she felt sad"--it needs another clause to make it a complete sentence.
What is a independent clause and dependent clause?
An independent clause is a simple sentence that is correct by itself. Examples: I ride the bus. He wrote a story. A dependent clause is not correct by itself and is usually attached to an independent clause. Example: Although I was sick, I went swimming. (The part before the comma is the dependent clause and the part after is the independent clause because it can be a sentence on it's own.)
An example of an independent clause?
An independent clause is a sentence that can stand on its own.
Can you give an example of a subordinate clause and an independent clause?
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How is an independent clause different from a Dependant clause?
The difference between the independent clause and the dependent clause is: "dependent clause" has a complete thought like for example "the catcher missed the ball" it expresses who missed the ball (the catcher)."independent clause" has no complete thought like for example "the movie idol" it cannot express who is the movie idol.
How is an dependent clause different from an independent clause?
The difference between the independent clause and the dependent clause is: "dependent clause" has a complete thought like for example "the catcher missed the ball" it expresses who missed the ball (the catcher)."independent clause" has no complete thought like for example "the movie idol" it cannot express who is the movie idol.
Example of independent clause?
An Independent clause can stand alone in a sentence. Example: (The IC is underlined) I can lift twenty pounds of feathers with brown spots on them.
Is can an independent clause?
Can is not an independent clause, it's a modal auxiliary verb that expresses ability. Example: He can do fifty push-ups. An independent clause is a sentence that contains a subject, verb, and expresses a complete thought.
How do you punctuation a sentence if a dependent clause following an independent clause answers the question of the independent clause for example 'That's fun jumping like that.'?
That's fun, jumping like that?
What is an example of a sentence with an independent clause?
Can't you do a better question
What is the definition of dependent clause and independent clause and an example?
An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence; a dependent one cannot. An independent clause (or main clause, matrix clause) is a clause that can stand by itself, also known as a simple sentence. Independent clauses contain a subject and a predicate. Multiple independent clauses can be joined by using a semicolon or a comma plus a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). The dog is running down the street = independent clause Because its master called it = dependent clause
Which one cannot stand alone as a sentence independent clause or independent clause?
Only an independent clause can stand independently. A dependent clause is dependent on an independent clause.
Give you an example sentence for both independent and dependent clause?
Described the picture of the house use the independent and dependent clause?She was dead tired, yet she walked on.Bold clause is Independent clause, the italics one is dependent clause.
What is an example of an independent clause?
I want to start my own school club.
