English homework
what are the independent clauses and what are the dependent clauses in the sentences
1. if you don’t fix the oven, it will continue to burn the cookies.
2. while the oven is being fixed, you will need to use the microwave.
3. after the oven is fixed, make me a lemon pie.

"An independent clause is a group of words containing a subject and verb expressing a complete thought, while a dependent clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb but not expressing a complete thought."

Therefore, based on these definitions, (bolded words are independent, non-bolded are dependent)

1.  "If you don't fix the oven, it will continue to burn". "If you don't fix the oven" is a dependent clause because of the dependent marker word; "if." And, the other part of the sentence is independent because it does not depend on anything, and can be used by itself as a sentence on its own.

2. "While the oven is being fixed, you will need to use the microwave." 
  Same as the previous problem; the first part of the sentence is dependent because it is marked by the dependent marker word; "While." The other half of the sentence can be used by itself as a sentence.

3. "After the oven is fixed, please make me a lemon pie"
Same as the previous sentences; the first part of the sentence marked with the dependent marker word "After," and the other half of the sentence can be used by itself as a sentence.