Phrases, Sentences and Clauses

In an effort to protect seeds, farmers would often place scarecrows in fields.
What kind of phrase is highlighted?

• preposition
• participle
• gerund
• infinitive

Corn, a plant that has several thousand varieties, is an important crop.
What kind of phrase is highlighted?

• appositive
• participle
• gerund
• infinitive

A stalk of corn can grow up to twenty feet tall.
What kind of phrase is highlighted?

• gerund
• participle
• prepositive
• infinitive

Eating corn on the cob is a common activity at some picnics.
What kind of phrase is highlighted?

• Gerund
• appositive
• preposition
• infinitive

A clause is a group of words 

• that contains a simple subject and verb.
• that contains a noun and an adjective
• that contain a simple verb
• that contain a simple subject

When Ms. Pickett gets mad, he turns into a dragon, and he breathes flames. 
What kind of sentence is this?

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

I’m not sure how I failed, for I studied.
What kind of sentence is this?

• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

An independent clause

• cannot stand alone
• can stand alone
• must have a dependent clause 

A clause is a group of words 

• that contains a simple subject and verb.
• that contains a noun and an adjective
• that contain a simple verb
• that contain a simple subject

A dependent clause 
I. Does not express a complete thought
II. Must have an independent clause to stand
III. Can stand alone

• I.
• II. 
• II. and III
• I. and II