Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dependent and Independent Clauses
Independent clauses can be sentences. Dependent clauses can't! Let's take a deeper dive into what that looks like in this exercise.
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Dependent Clause
The Tongue Untied is a guide to grammar, punctuation, and style for journalists, and it has great information on the dependent clause. The site provides numerous examples along with information on usage and tips for recognizing dependent...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Clause
This site provides definitions and examples of main (independent) clauses, subordinate (dependent) clauses, relative clauses, and noun clauses. It also offers instructions on using these clauses in sentences.
City University of New York
Writesite: Clauses
Grammar and writing tutorial defines clause, independent clause, and dependent clause and provides exercises.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Clauses
This slideshow lesson focuses on clauses; it defines the term and the two main types: independent and dependent. It lists the two types of dependent clauses: adjective and adverb; it provides examples of each, explains how to identify...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Learn About Dependent & Independent Clauses
A clause is a group of words that acts as a subject and a group of words that acts as a verb. A clause consists of a subject and a predicate, where the predicate is typically a verb phrase. [0:57]
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Main & Subordinate Clauses
This page from an online grammar guide from the University of Calgary provides definitions and examples of main and subordinate (independent and dependent) clauses. It also provides an interactive exercise on identifying these types of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Phrase and Clause Placement
Choose the best placement for the phrase or clause in the sentences provided!
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Main Clause
Grammar tutorial for understanding the main clause (independent clause) and distinguishing the subordinate (dependent) clause. Provides examples and instructions for using clauses in constructing sentences.
Other
Colgate University: Clauses, Conjunctions, and Punctuation
This grammar tutorial explains constructing sentences using independent and dependent clauses with correct punctuation.
Other
Legal Writing: Dependent Clauses & Phrases
This writing guide for law students provides information on distinguishing phrases and independent and dependent clauses.
Other
Tameri Guide for Writers: Clauses and Phrases
The first half of this tutorial on clauses and phrases covers topics such as independent clauses, dependent clauses, adjective clauses, adverb clauses, noun clauses, essential clauses, and nonessential clauses. The second part discusses...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Realism: Clauses
This lesson focuses on clauses including dependent, independent, adjective, adverb, and noun clauses. It also explains the use of subordinate conjunctions, relative pronouns, and relative adverbs and provides examples. It features a...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Independent and Dependent Clauses
This online writing lab offers definitions of the two main types of clauses as well as related concepts. It provides examples and offers instructions for avoiding common mistakes with clauses. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with identifying sentence fragments and then fixing them.
Rutgers University
Rutgers Univ.: Guide to Grammar and Style: Dependent Versus Independent Clauses
This site has a section from an online source called the Guide to Grammar and Style which provides an explanation of the difference between dependent and independent clauses.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Hyper Grammar: Building Clauses
This online grammar guide provides a definition of clauses and how they function in sentences.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Phrases and Clauses
Learn to spot the differences between phrases and clauses.
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Clauses: The Basics
This page, from a site for University of Oregon journalism students, provides definitions of a clause, an independent clause, and a dependent clause as well as some brief instructions on their uses. The page seems to contain some...
University College London
University College London: Clauses and Sentences
This section of an online English-grammar book introduces and provides examples of different types of clauses. Because this is from a British source, it uses different terms to identify the types of clauses, calling an independent...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Essential Clause
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify an essential clause in the context of a sentence.
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Study Zone: Adjective Clauses 1
An interactive exercise consisting on one example and six questions. Students look at the example and then complete each question by correctly combining two sentences while using an adjective clause. Students can check their answers...
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Sass: Sentence Structure [Pdf]
This online writing guide defines independent and dependent clauses and explains how dependent clauses are used in sentences. With examples. [PDF]
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Main and Subordinate Clauses
In this lesson, we are going to learn how to use and understand main clauses and subordinate clauses to improve your writing.