In the sentence āJustin bolted down the track with exuberance, raising his arms inā, the underlined words can be correctly identified as an independent clause.
To add, anĀ independent clauseĀ (or mainĀ clause) is aĀ clauseĀ that can stand by itself as a simpleĀ sentence. Making sense by itself, an independent clause is composed of a subject and a predicate.
Answer:
The correct answer or the exercise is:
C. An independent clause
Explanation:
The reason this is the correct answer is that a) A dependant clause does not express a complete thought, so it is incomplete.
b) a dependent phrase is a type of construction that contains a subject and an object but not a complete thought.
d) an independent phrase can stand alone, however, it doesn't complete a thought.
Therefore c) is the correct option. Because it contains a subject, and object, connecting two different ideas that can complement each other.
