Clause type

Identification
activity

John did his homework before he went to bed.

Q1
dependent
independent

Q2. I don't like Mondays.

dependent
independent

Q3. If you help me, I will help you!

dependent
independent

Q4. I need a new calculator.

dependent
independent

Q5. She is very fit because she goes running every day.
dependent
independent

Q6. Can you tell me why you said that?

dependent
 independent

Q7. Because the test was so difficult, none of the students got a very good
grade.
dependent
independent

Q8. When I lived in Tokyo, I played tennis every day.

dependent
independent

Q9. I usually do my homework while my mother is cooking dinner.

dependent
independent

Q10. I know why she wasn't in school yesterday.

dependent
independent

Q11. I was doing a math test when the fire alarm rang yesterday.
dependent
independent

Q12. Although she was only in grade 8, she was the best basketball player in
the school.
dependent
independent
Q13. We decided to have a picnic although the weather wasn't very good.
dependent
independent

Q14. Before you go home today, you need to go to the office and pay for the
school trip.
dependent
independent

Q15. After John did his homework, he went to bed.

dependent
independent

Q16. I will be very surprised if I make the school soccer team.

dependent
independent

Q17. Because it had snowed all night, I had terrible problems getting to
school.
dependent
independent

Q18. Since it had started to rain, we decided not to play tennis.

dependent
independent
Q19. Although she studied hard for her ESL vocabulary test, she got a bad
grade.
dependent
independent

Q20. When you arrive in school every day, you must go to your locker to get
your things ready for class.
dependent
independent

Q21. You must call me as soon as you get home.

dependent
independent

Q22. While my sister was doing her homework, I practised on the piano.
dependent
independent

Q23. Do you know the student who won the tennis tournament?
dependent
independent

Q24. Since I came to Germany I have not once played tennis.

dependent
independent
Q25. You are not going to pass the test unless you start working much
harder.
dependent
independent

Q26. I don't know yet whether I can come to your party.

dependent
independent

Q27. You must wait here until I get back.

dependent
independent

Q28. He did his homework and went to bed.

dependent
independent

Q29. As you have come late to class three times this week, you are in
detention after school on Friday.
dependent
independent

Q30. A simple sentence is an independent clause.

dependent
independent