Answer:
They are both clauses, but "She got soaked walking home in the rain yesterday" is an independent clause, and "Because her umbrella was in her gym locker" is a dependent clause.
Explanation:
An independent clause is a part of a sentence that can be all by itself and still be a proper sentence that makes sense.
A dependent clause is a part of a sentence that needs an independent clause to help it turn into a real sentence.
EX:
<em>Independent Clause: The baby started crying</em>
That can be its own sentence
<u>Dependent Clause: Because it was hungry</u>
That cannot go by itself and does not say what is hungry and what it was doing because it was hungry
But if you add them together...
<em>The baby started crying </em><u>because it was hungry.</u>
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