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Can you find a subject and a verb?
YES
 Can this subject and verb make sense on their own? (John died)
YES
 You have found an independent clause! Gather up all the words that should go with it. For instance "John died in June" is a complete independent clause. "in June" is a prepositional phrase, not a clause, because it does not have a subject and a verb.
 
 

NO

NO





You have found a phrase! A phrase is a series of words that lacks either a subject or a verb.
You have found a dependent clause! This clause has a subject and a verb but not a complete thought. (When John died)