Restrictive, Nonrestrictive Clause Practice

Correctly identify the clause in the sentence:

The players who are wearing the red uniforms are winning the game.

• nonrestrictive clause

• restrictive clause

Which answer choice is the best way to combine the following sentences? Amanda is my best friend. She is on the honor roll again.

• Amanda, my best friend. She's on the honor roll again.

• Amanda who is my best friend is on the honor roll again.

• Amanda, who is my best friend, is on the honor roll again.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which answer choice is the best revision for the following sentence?

The workers who built this bridge they did a good job.

• The workers, who built this bridge, did a good job.

• The workers who built this bridge did a good job.

• The workers did a good job who built this bridge.

Which is the BEST answer choice that combines the following sentences?

The oranges have been sitting on the table for a week.

They are starting to look brown.

• The oranges, which have been sitting on the table for a week, are starting to look brown.

• The oranges that have been sitting on the table for a week are starting to look brown.

• For a week the oranges have been on the table sitting, which are starting to look brown.

Which answer choice demonstrates the best revision for the following sentences?

Young Jonathan went to bed.

He finished all his homework first.

• Young Jonathan, who was very tired from the long day, finished all his homework before he went to bed.

• Before young Jonathan went to bed he finished all his homework which was very hard.

• Before, young Jonathan went to bed and finished all his homework.

Which answer choice demonstrates the best way to combine the following sentences?

My mother cooks dinner. She loves hamburgers.

• My mother, who loves hamburgers, is cooking dinner.

• My mother who loves hamburgers is cooking dinner.

• Who usually loves hamburgers, my mother is cooking dinner.

Identify the type of clause in the bolded part of the sentence:

Although she was only in eighth grade, she was the best basketball player in the school.

• restrictive clause

• subordinate clause

• nonrestrictive clause

A restrictive clause cannot be removed from the sentence without changing its meaning.

• true

• false

A nonrestrictive clause can also be called a nonessential clause

• true

• false

A restrictive clause is marked with commas

• true

• false