Practice Makes Perfect

main clause + dependent clause

Viens + faire tes devoirs!

Viens faire tes devoirs!

Come and do your homework!

Consider the following examples of sentences. They all include a boldfaced main clause and 

a dependent clause. 

Dax rêvait de devenir pilote. 

Dax dreamed of becoming a pilot.

Dara envoie des bises pour nous charmer.  Dara gives kisses to charm us.

Alex n’aime pas qu’on l’ignore. 

Alex does not like to be ignored.

Sasha se fâche quand on l’ennuie. 

Sasha gets mad when you bother him.

Amethyst adore s’occuper des enfants. 

Amethyst loves taking care of children.

Barbara s’amuse à faire la cuisine. 

Barbara has fun cooking.

Veux-tu que je t’aide? 

Do you want me to help you?

In each of the previous sentences, the main clause is in itself an independent clause and supports 

a dependent clause. This dependent clause, by itself, does not express a complete thought. It 

depends on the main clause to provide the premise and the background for what is to be expressed.