Question

Which of the following is an independent clause?

Answer 1

Answer:

When the children grow up

Answer 2

The correct answer is “Tanya likes to read.”

An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone as a sentence. In other words, it has a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought. For example, I like to ride the bus.

If you were to add a dependent clause to the same independent clause, it might look like this:

I like to ride the bus when I’m not in a rush to get where I’m going” I like to ride the bus is the independent clause because it is a complete sentence by itself. “when I’m not in a rush to get where I’m going” is a dependent clause because it could not stand alone by itself as a complete sentence.