1. Which of the following describes a dependent clause?
<u>Includes a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a complete thought</u>
A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought on its own, and can not stand alone: it should always be part of a sentence that contains an independent clause, which is a clause that does express a complete idea.
2. Which of the following is an example of a complex sentence?
<u>Because the monster jumped up without warning, the girl screamed.</u>
A complex sentence is a type of sentence made up of one independent clause and one dependent clause, and in which the latter is often introduced by a coordinating conjunction such as<em> because, even though, when, after, while, since, if </em>and<em> until. </em>
The sentence chosen is a complex sentence because it consists of one dependent clause: <em>Because the monster jumped up without warning</em> and an independent clause:<em> the girl screamed.</em>