Identify the number of independent and subordinate clauses in the following group of words. Early bicycles had one very large wheel and one very small wheel
a. one independent clause and one subordinate clause
b. one independent clause only
c. one subordinate clause only
d. two independent clauses
There are B. one independent clause only in this sentence. There is one verb, which means there is one clause only, and given that the clause can stand on its own, it is independent.