A dependent clause is a clause (a group of words containing a subject and a verb or verb phrase) that does <em>not </em>express a complete thought and therefore cannot stand alone in a sentence. In this sentence "After the movie was over" is a dependent clause because it contains a subject (movie) and a verb (was) but does not express a complete thought.
<span>I went to the mall after school; however i did not have much money to spend. The transitional word that would best completes the sentence is however. Here the person talking is saying that he went to the mall, however cannot afford to buy something because he has no money to spend.</span>
