Relier Pairs Sentence ClausesVersion en ligne This game helps the user to understand sentence clauses. par Elizabeth Shull 1 Independent Clause 2 Example: "Marvin and Nick came to school late they got in trouble." 3 Comma Splice 4 Fused Sentence 5 Example: "After they got home from the restaurant." 6 Example: "Myra had fun at the movie theater with her friends." 7 Dependent Clause 8 Example: "Sofia decided to get her ears pierced, her new earrings were pretty." Two clauses that were stuck together with no punctuation This is an example of an independent clause. Two clauses that were stuck together with only a comma to link them An incomplete thought (cannot stand on its own) with a noun and a verb A complete thought (that can stand on its own) with a noun and a verb This is an example of a fused sentence. This is an example of a comma splice This is an example of a dependent clause.