Use the words bold to answer the following question. (Since she wanted students to take her American literature course, ) Profes
sor Nguyen-Torres invited freshman for a mock-up lecture when they came to freshman orientation week. The plece in bold an example of a(n)\ Main clause
Gerund phrase
Dependent/subordinate clause
Independent clause
Dependent or subordinate clauses cannot on their own and must be conneted to an independent clause in order to make sense. Besides, they usually begin with a subordinate conjunction, such as <em>since, because, after </em>and <em>even though</em>.
The rest of the options are incorrect because main and independent clauses express a complete thought , and there is no gerund to form a gerund phrase.
