Independent clauses are easy. They would serve as sentences on their own. A coordinating conjunction is a word that joins these two clauses together.

It was raining, so I took my umbrella.

John is Canadian, but Sally is English.

I could cook some supper, or we could order a pizza.

She was sick, so she went to the doctor.

Did someone knock, or am I imagining things?

The room grew dark, but no one suggested turning on the lights.

Eddie was never absent from school, yet would often arrive late to class.

Coordinating conjunctions: and, but or, so, nor (to join 2 negative alternatives), for (meaning ‘because’), yet (meaning ‘but’).

Hope this helped!

I came, I saw, I conquered. (3 independent clauses with commas used as connectives in place of conjuctions)

Now for your IC,CC,IC examples:

My father insisted that I should go but my mom said, “no.”

But is your coordinating conjuntion

The phrases before the “but” and after the “but” are your independent clauses. Do you notice that taken separately, theiondependent clauses can stand alone?

Another:

The hills were hard to climb yet they did their best to reach the top before daybreak.

She sings beautifully and she dances gracefully, too.

Really, this is a very simple lesson. Hope you’ll get something from this.

1( it was raining

2( took my umbrella

“so” is the conjunction.