A dependent clause cannot stand alone, though they often contain both a subject and a verb. Where independent clauses express complete thoughts, dependent clauses do not, and left on their own, ...

You can often identify a dependent clause by a “dependent marker word”— a word or phrase which implies there is more to the sentence (e.g. “when”). When the dog barked. The example of an independent ...

Study these examples. My dad came to pick me up this morning my school ... I decided to take a class outside of my major, I ended up taking an introductory physics class. This is a dependent clause ...