Beach Day: Dependent and Independent Clauses

Spend a day at the beach in this engaging grammar worksheet! Sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-grade writers will start by reviewing dependent and independent clauses. Then, in 10 beach-themed sentences, learners will underline the independent clause, highlight the dependent clause, and circle the subordinating conjunction that connects the two.

Understanding complex sentences is an important skill that helps strengthen students’ writing by helping them create sophisticated and varied sentences. Writing complex sentences is a great way to provide extra detail through dependent clauses, which can make writing clearer and more descriptive.

For a review on subordinating conjunctions, check out Completing Sentences With Subordinating Conjunctions #1.