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