Question

Which of the following describes a dependent clause?

Answer 1

1. Which of the following describes a dependent clause?

Includes a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a complete thought

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?

Because the monster jumped up without warning, the girl screamed.

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 because, even though, when, after, while, since, if and until.

The sentence chosen is a complex sentence because it consists of one dependent clause: Because the monster jumped up without warning and an independent clause: the girl screamed.

Answer 2

Hi !

a dependant clause  = first one
includes a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete thought

a complex sentence   = the third one
Because the monster jumped up without warning, the girl screamed

1 = compound
2 = simple
3= complex : an independent clause + a dependant one
4 = compound

hope I helped  !