Identify the sentence that contains a dependent clause a. chad loves to travel and photograph rare butterflies. b. my girlfriend and i didnot expect the concert to last so long. c. tonight, every student on campus is supposed to attend the rally. d. throw me the ball if u can!

D. It has a subject and a verb but is not a complete thought.

D. Throw me the ball if u can!

Explanation:

A clause is a group of related words with at least a subject and a verb that can be either independent or dependent. We can identify which type of clause a group of words with those characteristics is because while a dependent clause does not express a complete thought on its own, an independent clause expresses a complete idea on its own and can stand alone as a full sentence.

Sentence D has both types of clauses. This sentence is a conditional sentence, in which the “result clause” is the independent clause (Throw me the ball) and the “if clause” is the dependent one because it does not express a complete thought on its own (“if u can!”).