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RWN Independent and Dependent Clauses P 65 AK

The document discusses independent and dependent clauses, providing examples of each. It then gives directions to identify independent and dependent clauses in sample sentences. The passage also describes how Native Americans on an island lived, including how they cooked food and kept fires burning.

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RWN Independent and Dependent Clauses P 65 AK

The document discusses independent and dependent clauses, providing examples of each. It then gives directions to identify independent and dependent clauses in sample sentences. The passage also describes how Native Americans on an island lived, including how they cooked food and kept fires burning.

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Independent and Dependent Clauses


A related group of words with a subject and a predicate is called a clause. A clause that makes
sense by itself is an independent clause. A clause that does not make sense by itself is a
dependent clause. A complex sentence contains an independent and a dependent clause.
Independent Clause They came to the island in canoes.
Dependent Clause even though it was a long trip
If the dependent clause comes first, set it off with a comma: Until they were attacked, Native
Americans lived on the island. If the independent clause is first, no comma is needed: Native
Americans lived on the island until they were attacked.

Directions Write I if the underlined group of words is an independent clause. Write D if it is a


dependent clause.
1. If you live on an island, you become independent. D
2. Natives made their own clothes because they could not buy them. I
3. Since there were no stores, they hunted for food. I
4. A seal provided meat while people used its hide for clothes. D
5. A hunting party paddled boats out to sea so that they could catch fish. I
6. Women gathered berries and roots before winter came. D
7. Because they needed containers for the food, they made baskets out of grasses. D
Directions Underline the dependent clause in each sentence.

8. Because they cooked with fire, the natives kept live coals.
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9. After food was prepared, they covered the embers with ashes.

10. While they slept through the night, the coals stayed warm.
11. The coals smoldered until morning came.

12. When the cook blew on the coals, they glowed brightly.
13. She fed wood to the coals so that the fire would catch again.

14. If her husband had caught fish that morning, they would eat well for breakfast.

Home Activity Your child learned about independent and dependent clauses. Ask your child to write a
sentence about Native Americans using an independent clause and a dependent clause and explain the
difference between the two.

Conventions Independent and Dependent Clauses 65


Name Island of the Blue Dolphins

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