A dependent clause

A dependent clause is a clause (a group of words with a subject and a verb) that does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone. There are different kinds of dependent clauses:

(Dependent Clause adalah clause (kelompok kata dengan Subject dan Verb) yang tidak dapat berdiri sendiri sebagai kalimat). Ada tiga jenis dependent clause:
■ dependent adjective clauses


which is celebrated on May 1st whose child
whose child was kidnapped

■ dependent adverb clauses
before he died
because she loved him

■ dependent noun clauses
that we could go whether it was raining



A dependent clause must be connected to an independent clause in order to make a complete sentence, which is called a complex sentence. Further discussion is in the next chapter.