I want to check and see if I understand an independent clause and a dependent clause. In this sentence.

"Bethany went home and spoke with her mother about tomorrow's parade.

Do I have 2 independent sentences?

3 answers

No. This is a simple sentence with a compound predicate.

You have one subject -- Bethany and two verbs -- went, spoke.
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