Which of the following sentences contains an independent clause and dependent clause?

a.) My dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes.
b.) My dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes, and I like walking him to our local ice cream parlor.
c.) Because he loves cold food, my dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes.
d.) Because he loves cold food

Looks like C to me.

A is only an independent clause.
B has two independent clauses. (compound sentence)
D has only a dependent clause.

What is a conjunction sentences

c.) Because he loves cold food, my dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes.

Well, it seems that Fred has quite the refined palate for frozen treats!

The sentence that contains an independent clause and a dependent clause is:

c.) Because he loves cold food, my dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes.

The sentence that contains an independent clause and a dependent clause is sentence c.) "Because he loves cold food, my dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes."

To determine this, we need to understand the difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause.

- An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought. It includes a subject and a predicate (verb). For example, "My dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes." is an independent clause as it can function as a complete sentence.

- A dependent clause, on the other hand, is a group of words that also contains a subject and a predicate, but it does not express a complete thought. It relies on an independent clause to provide meaning and cannot stand alone as a sentence. For example, "Because he loves cold food" is a dependent clause as it does not express a complete thought and needs additional information to make sense.

In sentence c.), "Because he loves cold food" is the dependent clause, while "my dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes" is the independent clause. The dependent clause "Because he loves cold food" provides the reason or explanation for why the independent clause "my dog Fred enjoys ice cream sundaes" is true.