Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Clover made a sort of wall round them with her great foreleg, and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep.

The underlined portion from this excerpt from Orwell's Animal Farm is a(n) _____.

A.adverbial clause

B.dependent clause

C.independent clause

D.noun clause

Answer 1

It's an independent clause because the phrase can be a sentence on it's own. I hope this helps! :)

Answer 2

Independent clause, I think.