Soring independent and dependent

Place each clause into the correct category.

Dependent Clauses

Independent Clauses

the car's toy is lost

if it rains later

when the party begins

Steven will finish it

since Lena has a new blog

because Keisha is busy

The car's toy is lost - independent

If it rains later - dependent

When the party begin - dependent

Steven will finish it - independent

Since Lena has a new blog - dependent

Because Keisha is busy - dependent

Explanation:

An independent clause, is a phrase that has both a subject and predicate, and can stand alone by itself as a complete sentence. True that most of these has a noun and a verb, but majority of them are sentence fragments; parts of a sentence that need an independent clause, in order to make them a complete sentence.