Clauses and phrases
dependent clause
The acronym AAAWWUBBIS helps you to remember the subordinating conjunctions. if you put AAAWWUBBIS in front of a sentence, the sentence becomes a ___ clause
phrase
a ____ is a word group that does not contain its own subject and verb. it cannot stand alone as a sentence
dependent clause
a ___clause contains a subject and a verb, but it does not contain a complete thought. This is why a dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
independent clause
an ___ clause contains a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence.
sentence fragment
if you leave a dependent clause or a phrase by itself, what sentence error do you create?
after although as when/whenever while until because before since if
name the words that make up AAAWWUBBIS