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Clauses: Dependent and Independent

Clauses: Dependent and Independent. Ms. Davis’s & Ms. Hillman’s 5 th Grade Language Arts Classes. Sentence Review. A sentence is a group of related words with a subject and a predicate . A sentence makes sense and stands alone. What is a Clause?.

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Clauses: Dependent and Independent

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  1. Clauses:Dependent andIndependent Ms. Davis’s & Ms. Hillman’s 5th Grade Language Arts Classes

  2. Sentence Review • A sentence is a group of related words with a subject and a predicate. • A sentence makes sense and stands alone.

  3. What is a Clause? • A clause is ALSO a group of related words with a subject and a predicate. • There are 2 types of clauses: independent and dependent. • One type of clause can stand alone as a sentence, but the other cannot.

  4. Independent Clauses • Somethingindependentdoes not rely on anything else for support. • Anindependent clauseis simple: it’s just asentence! • So, independent clauses: express a complete thought, stand alone, andmake sense.

  5. Dependent Clauses • SomethingdependentDOES rely on something else for support. • Adependent clauseis a clause that has a subject and a predicate. • But, a dependent clause DOES NOT express a complete thought, stand alone, ormake sense.

  6. Dependent Markers • This is where it gets tricky… • Adependent clauseoften has amarker, which is just a word that makes it dependent. • Common markers include (but there are others): if,since,as,while, until, although, when, after,before,because • Need help remembering? I SAW U At W.A.B.B.

  7. Punctuating Clauses • You already know how to punctuate anindependentclause (. / ? / !). • If adependentclause comes at thebeginningof a sentence, put a comma (,) after it. • If adependentclause comes at theendof a sentence, add an end mark (. / ? / !) after it (but NO comma before it).

  8. Punctuating Clauses Look at these dependent clauses: When I cry,my nose gets red. My nose gets red when I cry. (Use a comma after a dependent clause in front of the sentence! DO NOT use a comma for a dependent clause at the end of the sentence.) Because I lied, I can’t go. I can’t go because I lied. (Again, use a comma after a dependent clause in front of the sentence! DO NOT use a comma for a dependent clause at the end of the sentence.)

  9. Time for Practice! Write the dependent clause, and underline its marker. • As I walked to school, the bell rang. • I can’t go to the park before I do my homework. • My sister will cry if I pull her hair. • While you wait, would you like some tea? • Since you’re late, you have more work to do.

  10. Practice Answers! Write the dependent clause, and Underline its marker. • As I walked to school • before I do my homework. • if I pull her hair. • While you wait • Since you’re late

  11. POP Quiz! • Write an independent clause. • Write a sentence with a dependent clause at the beginning. • List as many of the 10 markers you learned as you can remember. • What makes a clause dependent? • When do you use a comma to set off a dependent clause? • Change this dependent clause into an independent clause (without adding any words to it): Since I’m going home today

  12. POP Quiz Answers! • Varied answers • Varied answers…did you remember the comma after the clause? • if, since, as, while, until, although, when, after, before, because • A marker makes a clause dependent. • You use a comma to set off a dependent clause when it comes at the beginning of a sentence. • I’m going home today.

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