Which contains an independent clause?

a. because the tragic fumble was scored by the visting team in the last minute.

b. when the player, in an extraordinary move, went charging down the field.

c. as the uproar from the delirious fans exploded jubilantly through the stadium.

d. while the team made their play, the frenzied crowd cheered them to victory.

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Option D contains an independen clause: While the team made their play, the frenzied crowd cheered them to victory.  Being the independent clause the second part of the sentence: "the frenzied crowd cheered them to victory" because it is a clause which has a subject and a verb. On top of that, this clause can stand alone and it still expresses a complete thought or idea .The independent clause is a simple sentence.

D. While the team made their play, the frenzied crowd cheered them to victory.

Further Explanation:

Note that in this sentence, there are two parts, the first part of the sentence contains the independent clause, which is not dependent on the subject for its meaning to come out. The sentence mentioned above is a complex sentence, which is made up of the main clause and the subordinate clause. The subordinate clause comprises of the part ‘ When the team made their play’. If we were to write it independently, we will notice that the first part of the sentence does not make any sense, while if we connect with the main clause, it brings out meaning. The main clause itself makes an independent statement. In this case, ‘The frenzied crowd cheered them to victory’. Both the parts of the sentence need to be connected by a proper connector, which can be appropriate conjunction or punctuation.

Let us consider another example of a complex sentence to understand the concept in a better way. ‘After the lights came on, Sarah did her homework’ is another example of a complex sentence. Note that the main clause in the sentence does not necessarily have to be at the beginning of the sentence. The subordinate clause is only a supporting phrase that cannot exist independently on its own. If the subordinate clause occurs at the beginning of the sentence, it is necessary that a comma is added to join the two clauses. In other examples, appropriate co-ordinating conjunctions might be used, such as when, while, before, after, if, etc. There are other types of complex sentences too, that is called ‘Complex- complex sentences’, which means one complex sentence can have more than one dependent clause.

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Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Types of Sentences

Subject: English

Keywords:

Complex sentences, clauses, coordinating conjunction, comma, independent sentence.

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