CLEP English Composition Questions and Answers – Latest 2025/2026 (Verified Answers) 100% Correct

CLEP English Composition Questions and
Answers – Latest 2025/2026 (Verified Answers)
100% Correct
What is an Independent clause? - ✔✔ - The simpleset form of a sentence. Subject and
a verb that can stand alone as a sentence.

How can you join two independent clauses? - ✔✔ - With comma and a coordinating
conjunction or with a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb.

What are the coordinating conjunctions? think star wars - ✔✔ - For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So

What is a dependent clause? - ✔✔ - A subject + verb that adds to an independent
clause but can not be used on its own.

What is a subordinate clause? - ✔✔ - Exact same ****ing thing as the dependent
clause!

A subject + verb that needs an independent clause to make sense.

What is the job of the subordinating conjunction? - ✔✔ - To connect the subordinate
clause to the independent clause. So that it makes sense. (because, as, althougth,
while, etc.)

I survived the shipwreck, as I am Aquaman.


What is the independent clause? - ✔✔ - I survived the shipwreck.

It's more important...

I survived the shipwreck, as I am Aquaman.


What is the subordinating conjunction? - ✔✔ - as...

I survived the shipwreck, as I am Aquaman.