Which sentence includes a dependent clause?(1 point)
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The package was heavy.
The package was heavy.
It was a fancy hat!
It was a fancy hat!
Today is her 16th birthday.
Today is her 16th birthday.
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 a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought on its own. In this case, "as she opened the package" is the dependent clause because it has a subject ("she") and a verb ("opened"), but it does not convey a complete idea. It relies on the main clause "She smiled" to form a complete thought.