Identify the underlined clause as either dependent or independent. miss bottrell was beaming because her students did so well on the test.

“because her students did so well on the test” is a dependant and adverbial clause.

It is a dependant clause because it is part of a sentence, and to complete its meaning, it depends on the main clause (Miss Bottrell was beaming)

The subordinator conjunction “because” introduces the adverbial clause. It is a clause of purpose as it can be recognized by answering the question “Why was Miss Bottrell beaming”?

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