Identifying Kinds of Clauses and Conjunctions
On the line after each sentence, identify the boldfaced group of words by writing
IIMD for an independent clause or SUB for a subordinate clause. Then find the
conjunction in the sentence. Underline coordinating conjunction once and
underline subordinating conjunction twice.
1. Customers demand thousands of products, and every grocery tries to please.
2. Because people have different tastes, stores order many brands.
3. When a product is popular, a store stocks many sizes of that one product.
4. In the past, a cashier could not record every product sold as she rang up a sale.
5. While the store was closed, workers took inventory.
6. Managers noted products low in stock, and the purchasing agent reordered.
7. If stock ran out too soon, customers complained.
8. In 1948, when a graduate student at Drexel Institute of Technology heard
about the problem, he and a partner set out to solve it.
9. Almost 25 years passed before their solution became practical.
