Question Use the sentence to complete the activity. Jessica ate the cookies that her daughter baked for her. In one to two sentences, identify the bold words as an independent clause, dependent clause, or phrase, and explain their functions within the sentence, explain like a 5th grader.
"Jessica ate the cookies" is an independent clause because it can stand alone as a complete sentence. It tells us the main action of the sentence. "that her daughter baked for her" is a dependent clause because it cannot stand alone as a sentence. It gives us more information about the cookies and who made them.
