I need help with this...

One Sunday, when half of us- including my father - were at work, the rest-including myself - were in the block, taking advantage of the chance to stay in bed late in the morning.
These are my guesses...

23. Isolate the dependent and indepednent clause in this sentence.
My Guess
Independent Clause= Once Sunday, when half of us.
Dependent Clause= including my father, were at work, the rest- including myself, were in the block, taking advantage of the chance, to stay in bed late, in the morning.

24. Find the simple subject and verb of each.
My Guess
subject: half of us, (father and myself)

verb: taking and stay

25. What do the verbs have in common?
My Guess
I don't know about this one???
I think they help form a preposition phrase.

I really don't have a clue to the answer for 25.

Wow.... hard sentence!

First clue - the word when usually begins an adverb clause ( dependent). Second clue, it is separated from the main clause by commas... when half of us- including my father - were at work,

Next - This then is your main ( independent clause)

One Sunday, the rest-including myself - were in the block, taking advantage of the chance to stay in bed late in the morning.

NOW - What is the dependent clause talking about? "half" (of us, including my father) all describe what that half is. Next question - "half" what? Well, they didn't do anything; they "were"

Then look at the independent clause the same way. What is the subject of the clause? Then ask what were they doing.

The verb in the dependent clause and the verb in the main clause are similar.
Look up the forms of the verb <to be>.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/to_be.htm

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Thank you for your help! =:)

To answer question 23, let's break down the sentence:

One Sunday, when half of us - including my father - were at work, the rest - including myself - were in the block, taking advantage of the chance to stay in bed late in the morning.

The independent clause is the main clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence, and the dependent clause relies on the independent clause to make sense.

In this sentence, the independent clause is "The rest were in the block." This can stand alone as a complete sentence.

The dependent clause is "One Sunday, when half of us - including my father - were at work." This clause cannot stand alone and depends on the independent clause to complete its meaning.

Now, let's move on to question 24, which asks for the simple subject and verb of each clause:

Independent Clause:
Subject: The rest (referring to the people who were not at work)
Verb: were

Dependent Clause:
Subject: half of us, including my father
Verb: were

For question 25, you are asked to find what the verbs have in common. In this sentence, the verbs "were" and "taking" both function as finite verbs, which means they are the main action or state of the subject. However, they do not form a prepositional phrase together. Instead, "taking" is part of the verb phrase "were taking advantage," and "were" is a standalone verb. The commonality between these verbs is that they both describe actions happening in the past.

Overall, your answers for questions 23 and 24 are correct. However, for question 25, the commonality between the verbs is their past tense form, not forming a prepositional phrase.