Put parentheses around each subordinate clause that you find.
1.The mountain areas are barren, but the valleys are fertile since they are irrigated daily. <--- The subordinate clause is ''since they are irrigated daily.'' and ''but the valleys are fertile.''
2. The musicians who appeared for the audition were generally excellent, but a few were real amateurs. <--- the subordinate clause is ''who appeared for the audition.''
3. Since the blizzard ended, the schools have remained closed, but shops in town have reopened. <--- the subordinate clause is, ''Since the blizzard ended''
4. Our school band seems ready for the concert, and the chorus will again be in top shape because its leading tenor has returned after a long illness. the subordinate clause is ''because its leading tenor has returned after a long illness.''
5. Although the two-hundred-year-old house has been declared a landmark, its plumbing is nearly in ruins, and few people have shown any interest in buying it.
<-- the subordinate clause is ''although the two-hundred-year-old house has been declared a landmark'' and ''few people ave shown any interest in buying it.''
1. You're half right.
2. Right.
3. Right.
4. Right.
5. Half right.
1. the subordinate clause is ''since they are irrigated daily.''
5. the subordinate clause is: ''although the two-hundred year old house has been declared a landmark.''
Yes.
Each of these sentences is compound-complex -- meaning that there's at least one dependent clause plus two independent clauses.
The two independents make it compound.
Adding the dependent makes it compound-complex.
Um I have a question is there independent clauses in these sentences too
Of course.
Each one of those sentences has 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause.
Here's #1 so you can see them:
The mountain areas are barren, [independent]
but [conjunction]
the valleys are fertile [independent]
since they are irrigated daily. [dependent]