Phrases, Clauses Graded Quiz 1

Mark, the ugly boy who is wearing the green shirt, chased Emily

• phrase

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• none

Walking with friends, Bobo tripped and fell in the mud.

• phrase

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• none

Bobo ran home to feed his fish

• phrase

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• none

Even if you don't want to eat snails, you have to because your mom said so.

• phrase

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• none

Freddy tried to scare Jason, the man in the mask.

• phrase

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• none

All I wanted to do was see Chucky, the scary looking doll with the overalls on and the dark, brown freckles under his eyes that makes him look like a real person.

• phrase

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• none

Maria went to the party even though she was told not to

• phrase

• dependent clause

• independent clause

• none

if something is between a set of commas, it means:

• it is needed for the sentence to make sense

• it is not needed for the sentence to make sense

• it doesn't matter that it is in commas

• none

Can an independent clause be between commas?

• no, only phrases can be between commas

• yes, as long as the rest of the sentence makes sense

• no, only dependent clauses can be in commas

• none

phrases have a ______ or a ______, but not both

• subject, noun,

• subject, verb

• verb, adjective

• none