For Those Who Want To Pass the CSET Know Clauses

31. B. The two independent clauses are joined by a comma and the coordinating conjunction “or”.

32. B. Here the two independent clauses are joined by a semicolon with no conjunction.

33. A. “Although I am hungry” is the dependent clause, while “I do not want to eat now” is the independent clause.

34. B. This is a complex sentence because two clauses are joined while one is subordinate and dependent on the other.

35. A

36. A. The independent clause comes first, and is linked to the subordinate (dependent) clause with the subordinating conjunction “when.”

37. B. The dependent clause is in first position, so there is a comma separating the two. The dependent clause begins with the subordinating conjunction “as long as.”

38. A. This is a compound sentence because of the conjunction “and”.

39. A. The sentence has two independent clauses joined by the conjunction “but”.

40. B

41. A. This is a compound sentence because of the “;”.

42. A. The compound sentence is held together by the correlative conjunction “either…or”.

43. B. This is a complex sentence because two clauses are joined while one is subordinate and dependent on the other.

44. B. The sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a comma and the conjunction “and”.

45. B. This sentence contains two independent clauses. The clauses are linked by the conjunction “but”, which is preceded by a comma.

46. B. The dependent clause (“When I saw what you have done”), is in first position, so there is a comma separating the two. The independent clause is “I was happy.”