Question

Combine these independent clauses into a sentence that contains a dependent clause and an independent clause. i phoned him. he was not home.

Answer 1

Answer:

I phoned him but he was not home

Explanation:

A clause is a group of related words that have at least a subject and a verb. When the clause can stand on its own, and have full meaning, the clause is independent; but when a clause needs another clause in order to make sense, it is dependent. In the sentence created, "I phoned him" is the independent clause and "but he was not home" is the dependent clause as it can not stand alone and have full meaning.

Answer 2

I phoned him because he was not home.

The second part of the sentence is now dependent on the first as it cannot stand alone as its own sentence.