Phrases & Clauses Workshop

​Phrases & Clauses Workshop

Th​is lesson will give further review and practice on phrases and clauses.

The goal is to provide better understanding of these concepts.​

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Phrases & Clauses​

Phrases DO NOT have a subject-verb component

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Clauses DO have a subject and a verb​

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​Phrases vs. Clauses

Multiple Choice

Phrase or Clause: Which one DOES have a subject-verb component?

• Phrase

• Clause

Multiple Choice

Phrase or Clause: Which one DOES NOT have a subject-verb component?

• Phrase

• Clause

Again, clauses have a subject-verb component

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A subject will always be a noun or pronoun​

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A verb can be action (jump, dance, cry, sleep, etc) or being (is, be, was, are, have, etc)​

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​More on Clauses

Fill in the Blanks

What is the subject of this sentence?

"The cat was dozing on her bed."

Fill in the Blanks

What is the verb of the sentence?

"The president is the head of the executive branch."

​cannot stand on its own as a sentence

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needs an independent clause

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often begins with a SWABI (since, when, although, because, if)​

​​Dependent Clause

​can stand on its own as a sentence

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it is a simple sentence when by itself​

​​Independent Clause

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Multiple Choice

A dependent clause can stand on its own as a sentence.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A dependent clause needs an independent clause to complete a sentence.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Which words can a dependent clause start with? (Choose all that apply.)

• Because

• If

• Since

• Although

• When

Review - Final Practice Begins on next slide!

contains a subject-verb component

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can be independent (stand on its own as a sentence) or dependent​ (can't stand on its own)

​Clause

does not contain a subject-verb component

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used as a single part of speech​

​Phrase

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause.

"I dream of traveling the world."

• Phrase

• Clause

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause.

"I really want to visit Italy before I get too old."

• Phrase

• Clause

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause.

"When my husband and I got married, we did go to the Bahamas for our honeymoon."

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause.

"My husband also wants to visit Alaska one day, though I'm not a fan of the cold."

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause.

"We both want to travel through Ireland because we both have Irish ancestry."

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause.

"If we ever win the lottery, we will definitely spend a lot of it on travel."

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Multiple Choice

Identify whether the underlined group of words is a phrase or a clause.

"For now, we will save our money every month to afford different trips each year."

• Phrase

• Dependent Clause

• Independent Clause

Poll

How confident do you feel about phrases and clauses after this workshop?

Please be honest in your answering. This will help me determine if we need to do any further work with phrases and clauses or if we can move on to the next grammar component.

• Awesome! I get it now!

• Good! I'm not doing too bad on it now.

• Okay. I may need further practice and review, though.

• Bad. I still don't understand it very well. Help!