Question

compound and complex sentences pre - test complete which is a dependent clause? during intermission, while we were discussing the performance dodging frantically, a valet ran through the crowd and into the theater dashing after him, two police officers plowed through the lobby crowd discussing the commotion, we decided it was more exciting than the play

Explanation:

A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. "while we were discussing the performance" has a subject "we" and a verb "were discussing" and cannot stand alone. The first option "during intermission" is a pre - posiitional phrase, the second and third options are phrases with present participles but lack a proper subject - verb combination to be a clause.

Answer:

while we were discussing the performance