Lesson 5!

Multiple Choice

What is the main character's name?

• Newt

• Thomas

• Gally

• Chuck

Multiple Choice

Where does the story take place?

• East Ravka

• District 12

• The North Pole

• The Glade

Multiple Choice

What is the nickname given to the newset arrival in the Glade?

• Greenie

• Shuck-face

• Tribute

• Divergent

Multiple Choice

What lies beyond the walls?

• Nothing

• A Maze

• The Arena

Multiple Choice

According to Chuck, what happens within the Maze every night?

• The maze stays the same

• The maze vanishes

• The maze changes

​What is grammar?

• The way we arrange words to make proper sentences.

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​We have already looked at parts of speech - nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions.

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​To end of today's lesson, I'm going to explain clauses to you!

​{specifically main and dependent clauses}

​What are clauses?

• A group of words that contain a subject (the person or thing performing the action) and a verb (the doing word).

• ​A sentence can have a main clause (it can stand alone and make sense) plus a dependent clause (depends on the other sentence to make sense).

• ​We can use coordinating conjunctions to combine the two: and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet

​Examples:

​>> Most newspapers have comic strips.

• =MAIN CLAUSE

​ Most newspapers have comic strips and they make readers laugh.

=DEPENDENT CLAUSE

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>> ​I rode the blue bike.

​ =MAIN CLAUSE

I rode the green bike that Mary gave me for my birthday.

​ =DEPENDENT CLAUSE

​Practice:

Identify the main clause and the dependent clause in the following sentences:

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​1. Although it was raining, Maria went for a jog in the park.

2. The family moved into a temporary shelter after the flood.

3. Our neighbour drove us to school because the bus was late.

​4. Jim studied in the sweet shop for his English test but it was hard to concentrate because of the noise.

​5. After she picks me up, my mom is taking me out to buy new shoes.