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Which sentence contains a DEPENDENT clause?

I want to become an electrician.


I want to become an electrician after I graduate high school.


I want to go to college for electrical engineering.


I want to go to college and get a job.

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Dependent clauses cannot stand on their own, they have to be parts of a bigger, complete, independent clause. Having that in mind, the correct answer is I want to become an electrician after I graduate high school.
Here, the dependent clause is after I graduate high school, which doesn't sound complete, as you can see. The other options are simple sentences or contain two independent clauses, but there are no dependent ones.
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