ParaPro Assesment Practice Exam

Which of the following statements about an independent clause is true?

1. It is always part of a larger sentence.

2. It can stand alone and express a complete thought.

3. It consists of only a subject.

4. It requires additional information to make sense.

The correct answer is: It can stand alone and express a complete thought.

An independent clause is defined as a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought. This means that it can stand alone as a sentence without needing any additional information to make sense. For instance, the sentence "She runs every day" is an independent clause; it has a subject ("She") and a verb ("runs"), and it conveys a full idea on its own. The other statements do not accurately describe an independent clause. While some independent clauses may indeed be part of larger sentences, they do not need to be. An independent clause can consist of both a subject and a predicate, contradicting the idea that it consists only of a subject. Lastly, stating that an independent clause requires additional information is incorrect because, by definition, it should express a complete thought without the need for more context.