Question

Which words in this sentence are an independent clause?

Tide pools are depressions in rocks along the coastline that fill with seawater when the tide retreats and that teem with animals and plants.









A.
when the tide retreats







B.
that fill with seawater when the tide retreats







C.
that teem with animals and plants







D.

Tide pools are depressions in rocks along the coastline

Answer 1

which words can form a sentence on it's own?

Answer 2

c

Answer 3

look for the one that has a subject and a verb

Answer 4

C is not the answer that you're looking for.

Answer 5

read the options, which one makes sense without relating to the sentence?

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

so which option is a full, complete sentence?

Answer 8

lets do this:
I will try to do a color hint

Answer 9

actually you won't be able to see just by finding the subject and verb

Answer 10

there are subordinate clauses that are "dependent" by having in-sentence transition words or conjunctions that should relate to something, but there is nothing to relate them to

Answer 11

B.
that fill with seawater when the tide retreats

Answer 12

nope. That is a clause.

Answer 13

it seems as though, that you are trying to guess the answer.

Answer 14

I will give you some example of \(\normalsize\color{blue}{ \rm independent~clause }\) (complete thoughts)
and \(\normalsize\color{red}{ \rm subordinate~clause }\)
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\(\normalsize\color{blue}{ \rm I~~was~~done~~very~~late~~with~~my~~job }\), \(\normalsize\color{red}{ \rm because~~my~~boss~~had~~an~~extra~~task }\)
\(\normalsize\color{red}{ \rm for~~me. }\)

Answer 15

see how the red part must be attached to something to make sense, while the blue part makes sense even without the red part?

Answer 16

yea