I am having a tough time with this one question. Which of the following sentences contains a dependent clause?

1. The red sports car that was parked under the tree belongs to Alan.

2. Jared eagerly climbed into the boxing ring; he was on his back and out for the count in less than ten seconds.

3. Please clear the table and wash the dishes.

**I know that a dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. That's why I am torn between 1 and 2. I believe it is number 2 but not 100% sure. Do you think it's 2 also?

No, # 2 does not have a dependent clause. It has two independent clauses:

Jared eagerly climbed into the boxing ring;

he was on his back and out for the count in less than ten seconds.

In # 1 -- can this clause stand alone?

that was parked under the tree

To determine which of the given sentences contains a dependent clause, you need to identify if any of the sentence parts can function independently as a complete sentence.

In sentence 1, "The red sports car that was parked under the tree belongs to Alan," contains a dependent clause. The clause "that was parked under the tree" cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it lacks a subject and verb.

In sentence 2, "Jared eagerly climbed into the boxing ring; he was on his back and out for the count in less than ten seconds," both clauses can stand independently as complete sentences. Therefore, there is no dependent clause in this sentence.

In sentence 3, "Please clear the table and wash the dishes," there is no dependent clause present. It is a simple sentence containing two imperative clauses, each with a subject ("you" understood) and a verb.

Thus, the sentence that contains a dependent clause is number 1, "The red sports car that was parked under the tree belongs to Alan."