Which sentence includes a dependent clause?(1 point)
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Today is her 16th birthday.
Today is her 16th birthday.
It was a fancy hat!
It was a fancy hat!
The package was heavy.
The package was heavy.
She smiled as she opened the package.
She smiled as she opened the package.
The sentence "She smiled as she opened the package." includes a dependent clause.
The sentence that includes a dependent clause is: "She smiled as she opened the package."
To identify a dependent clause, we need to look for a group of words that has both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. In this case, "as she opened the package" is a dependent clause because it has a subject "she" and a verb "opened," but it cannot function as a complete sentence by itself. It relies on the rest of the sentence to provide the necessary context and meaning.