Question

partner practice
are these independent or dependent/subordinate clauses?
independent clause?\tdependent/
subordinate
clause?\tclauses from chapter 2
\t\tif the governor takes them off the island
\t\thell add every blessed one onto phippsburgs pauper rolls
\t\tbefore we know it
\t\tthe town will be paying for them to live somewhere else
\t\tsince the shirt he was wearing had enough starch in it to mummify
two, maybe three pharaohs
\t\the began to feel he could hardly breathe
\t\tthe green door jerked open
\t\tbefore he could even knock
\t\teven before the punch landed
\t\the realized that willis had never believed he would

Explanation:

An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence, expressing a full thought. A dependent/subordinate clause relies on an independent clause to make sense, often starting with a subordinating conjunction (like if, before, since) and does not express a complete thought on its own.

Answer:

Independent Clause?	Dependent/subordinate clause?	Clauses from Chapter 2
Yes	No	he’ll add every blessed one onto Phippsburg’s pauper rolls
No	Yes	before we know it
Yes	No	the town will be paying for them to live somewhere else
No	Yes	since the shirt he was wearing had enough starch in it to mummify two, maybe three pharaohs
Yes	No	he began to feel he could hardly breathe
Yes	No	the green door jerked open
No	Yes	before he could even knock
No	Yes	even before [the punch] landed
Yes	No	he realized that Willis had never believed he would