Question

Kinds of clauses

On the line after each sentence, identify the boldfaced group of words by writingIIMD for an independent clause or SUB for a subordinate clause. Then find the conjunction in the sentence. Underline coordinating conjunction once and underline subordinating conjunction twice.


1. Customers demand thousands of products, and every grocery tries to please.

2. Because people have different tastes, stores order many brands.

3. When a product is popular, a store stocks many sizes of that one product.

4. In the past, a cashier could not record every product sold as she rang up a sale.

5. While the store was closed, workers took inventory.

6. Managers noted products low in stock, and the purchasing agent reordered.

7. If stock ran out too soon, customers complained.

8. In 1948, when a graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology heard

about the problem, he and a partner set out to solve it.

9. Almost 25 years passed before their solution became practical.

Answer 1

1. Customers demand thousands of products, and every grocery tries to please. - independent clause

2. Because people have different tastes, stores order many brands. - subordinate clause

3. When a product is popular, a store stocks many sizes of that one product. - subordinate clause

4. In the past, a cashier could not record every product sold as she rang up a sale. - subordinate clause

5. While the store was closed, workers took inventory. - subordinate clause

6. Managers noted products low in stock, and the purchasing agent reordered. - independent clause

7. If stock ran out too soon, customers complained. - subordinate clause

8. In 1948, when a graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology heard about the problem, he and a partner set out to solve it. - subordinate clause

9. Almost 25 years passed before their solution became practical. - subordinate clause

Step-by-step explanation:

I underlined coordinating conjunctions and independent/subordinate clauses and bolded subordinating conjunctions.

Independent clauses are clauses that can stand on their own as separate sentences. They contain all elements a sentence should contain: a subject, predicate, and they express a complete thought. When a sentence consists of more than one independent clause, they are often connected by a coordinating conjunction. There are seven coordinating conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

A subordinate clause is a clause that can't stand alone as a complete sentence. Its purpose is to provide additional information about the main clause. What connects subordinate clauses to main clauses are subordinating conjunctions.