Question

Identify the number of independent and subordinate clauses in the following group of words.


Early bicycles had one very large wheel and one very small wheel





A.
one independent clause and one subordinate clause




B.
one independent clause only




C.
one subordinate clause only




D.
two independent clauses

Answer 1

@Jadeishere

Answer 2

So a subordinate clause starts with a conjunction and is dependent on a main clause. It's known or being dependent >.< They can't make their own sentences, it would be incomplete and wouldn't make sense.

An independent could stand as a sentence by itself.

In "Early bicycles had one very large wheel and one very small wheel"

I see one independent clause, and one subordinate clause.

The independent is the "Early bicycles had one very large wheel"
the subordinate is "and one very small wheel"

It's a subordinate because it wouldn't make sense on it's own and it starts with a conjunction; "And"