Question

Draw a box around each comma and coordinating conjunction (or semi-colon) that joins independent clauses. Underline every verb twice and every subject once. Put brackets around each dependent clause.

1. The Spanish first settled in North America in the sixteenth century; they found that great numbers of Indians already inhabited the land..

2. The Aztecs who lived in Mexico built Tenochitilan; this city contained over 100,000 inhabitants and was built in the middle of a shallow lake.​

Answer 1

Okay i may be wrong but

Step-by-step explanation:

The Spanish first settled in North America in the sixteenth century; they found that great numbers of Indians already inhabited the land.

Okay, so for this line this is how it's going to work:

1. The Spanish first settled in North America in the sixteenth century

That's independent

2. They found that great numbers of Indians already inhabited the land.

That's dependent because without the first sentence we don't know who "They" are.

3. The Spanish are the subject

4. Verbs are: Settled, found, inhabited

5. You're going to put a box around this ;

1. The Aztecs who lived in Mexico built Tenochitilan

That's independent

2. This city contained over 100,000 inhabitants and was built in the middle of a shallow lake.​

That's dependent because without the first sentence we don't know which city they are talking about.

3. The Aztecs are the subject

4. the verbs are: Lived, built, contained

5. You're going to put a box around this ;

Hope this helps! I'm sorry if i'm wrong