Phrases & Clauses

Starts with an article (a, an, the) and can replace an adjacent noun or pronoun

• Appositive phrase

• Absolute phrase

• Adjective Clause

• Adverb Clause

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

Begins with a relative pronoun (that, who, whose, which, where, etc.) and modifies a noun or pronoun to the left of the clause

• Appositive phrase

• Absolute phrase

• Adjective clause

• Adverb clause

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

It begins with a verb ending in -ing or -ed and modifies a noun or pronoun

• Prepositional phrase

• Participial phrase

• Adverb clause

• Appositive phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Modifies an aspect of an adjacent noun and would be an independent clause if it had was/were

• Adverb clause

• Adjective clause

• Participial phrase

• Absolute phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Starts with a subordinate conjunction and explains when, how, to what extent or circumstance, regarding an independent clause

• Adjective clause

• Absolute phrase

• Appositive phrase

• Adverb clause

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.4.1E

Begins with a preposition (with, in, near, around, of, to, away, etc.)

• Appositive phrase

• Absolute phrase

• Prepositional phrase

• Participial phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

A clause has to have

• A verb

• A subject and verb

• A subject, verb, and complete thought

• Magic flying reindeer

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which is an adverb clause?

• After Jill took the exam

• Whose dad was a well known author

• Inside the lecture hall of college freshmen

• Sweating nervously from the difficult questions

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Which is an appositive for the noun "Mr. Wrinkles"?

• His eyes looking boldly ahead

• Because people made fun of his appearance

• A white English bulldog

• Faced with the uncertainty of the future

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which is an adjective clause for "The old Melville mansion"

• Beneath a thick network of vines and overgrown shrubs

• Rotting from years of neglect

• Which was rumored to be haunted

• its walls crumbling from black mold

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E