Subordination

The palm trees towered over the building, stretching toward the sky. 

1. Draw a box around the independent clause and a line under the subordinate clause in the above sentence.

2. Rewrite the above sentence and put the subordinate clause in the beginning of the sentence.

3. Rewrite the above sentence and put the subordinate clause somewhere other than the beginning or end of the sentence.

4. Rewrite the above sentence to emphasize that the palm tree stretched toward the sky.

5. Rewrite the sentence you created in #4 and locate the subordinate clause to another position in the sentence.