Question

Read the sentence and choose the independent clause. While you were at recess, we were eating cake and ice cream.

• A. While you were at recess, we were eating cake and ice cream.
• B. we were eating cake and
• C. we were eating cake and ice cream
• D. while you were at recess

Hint:

An independent clause makes sense by itself, while a dependent clause begins with words like \textbf{while, because, when, although}.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Recall that an independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence and expresses a complete thought.
Step 2: Identify the dependent clause introduced by the subordinating conjunction “while”. “While you were at recess” is a dependent clause.
Step 3: The remaining part of the sentence expresses a complete idea on its own: “we were eating cake and ice cream”.
Step 4: Therefore, the independent clause is we were eating cake and ice cream.