Read each complex sentence and identify the dependent clause. | While Ana finishes her homework, Alex takes out the trash and feeds the cats. | I hung the picture on the bedroom wall now that it is framed. | Vivian discussed the question with her partner, Marcus, before she answered.

A dependent clause has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. “Now that it is framed” has the subject “it” and the verb “is,” and it depends on the main clause to complete its meaning. “I hung the picture” is an independent clause, while “on the bedroom wall” is a prepositional phrase, not a clause.

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