No, the sentence "Whenever there is a bluegrass festival Dad goes and takes along his banjo" is not an independent clause; it is a complex sentence. The phrase "Whenever there is a bluegrass festival" is a dependent clause that cannot stand alone, while "Dad goes and takes along his banjo" is the independent clause that can stand alone.
"Dad goes and takes along his banjo" is the independent clause.
"Dad goes and takes along his banjo" is the independent clause.
"Dad goes and takes along his banjo" is the independent clause.
"Dad goes and takes along his banjo" is the independent clause.
The independent clause in the sentence is "dad goes and takes along his banjo." This part of the sentence can stand alone as a complete thought, while the phrase "whenever there is a bluegrass festival" serves as a dependent clause that provides additional context.
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"Dad goes and takes along his banjo" is the independent clause.
In the sentence "Whenever there is a bluegrass festival, dad goes along and takes his banjo," the subordinate clause is "whenever there is a bluegrass festival." This clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and provides additional information about the circumstances under which dad goes to the festival.
The noun clause is "Whoever plays at the bluegrass festival", the subject of the sentence.
"Whenever" is a subordinating conjunction.
The sentence "Whenever you go to the beach, it always seems to rain" is a complex sentence. It contains an independent clause ("it always seems to rain") and a dependent clause ("whenever you go to the beach"). The dependent clause cannot stand alone and provides a condition under which the independent clause occurs.