clauses

Question 1

what is an independent clause

Answer 1

independent or main clause can stand on its own and make sense
does not contain a conjunction
e.g the dog jumps

Question 2

what is a dependent clause

Answer 2

a dependent clause cannot make sense on its own
e.g. why she said that
it depends on the independent clause to make sense
usually starts with a subordinating conjunction
second part of the sentence