Phrases and Clauses

Does a phrase contain a subject that acts through a verb?

• Yes

• No

What is missing from a sentence with a dangling modifier?

• It's missing the thing that the modifier desctibes

• It's not even included in the sentence

• It's in the wrong place

• All of the Above

Is "but" a coordinating or subordinating conjunction?

• Yes

• No

• Both

• No, it's just a FANBOY

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Rewrite this sentence so the modifier is clear:

Before they melted the kids decorated the snowmen.

• The kids decorated the snowmen before the kids melted.

• The snowmen melted the kids.

• The kids decorated the snowmen before they melted.

Can a dependent clause work as its own sentence?

• Yes

• No

• It doesn't matter

State all the coordinating conjunctions.

• FANBOY

• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

• all of the above

• none of the above

How many independent clauses does a simple sentence have?

• None

• Two

• Three

• One

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.1.1J

What type of sentence has a dependent clause- a compound sentence or a complex sentence?

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What must any clause contain?

• subject and verb

• subject verb predicate

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which of these is NOT a kind of clause?

• Adverb clause

• verb clause

• noun clause

• adjective clause

• all of them are a type of clause