phrases and clauses

Read the sentence below.

Mia will be receiving a scholarship for the Youth Leadership Conference this summer.

The underlined part of the sentence can best be described as a/an...

• verb phrase

• adverbial phrase

• noun phrase

• prepositional phrase

The difference between a phrase and a clause is...

• A phrase is smaller than a clause.

• A phrase does not contain a subject, and a clause does.

• A phrase does not contain a subject and a verb pair, and a clause does.

• A phrase does not contain a verb, and a clause does.

Read the sentence below.

Our curiosity satisfied, we stopped asking questions.

The underlined part of the sentence can best be described as a/an...

• prepositional phrase.

• verb phrase.

• adverbial phrase.

• absolute phrase.

Read the sentence below.

Running as fast as she could, Lydia made it to class on time.

Which of the following parts of the sentence is a participle phrase?

• to class

• on time.

• Running as fast as she could,

• Lydia made it

Read this sentence.

Because the superhero was so powerful, the villain in the graphic novel was destroyed in just a few scenes.

Which part of the sentence is an example of a prepositional phrase?

• Because the superhero

• in the graphic novel

• was destroyed

• was so powerful

Read the sentence below.

David Bowie, who I have adored since I was 12, passed away in 2016.

The underlined part of this sentence is a/an...

• independent clause.

• prepositional phrase.

• dependent clause.

• relative clause.

Read the sentence below.

I have not gone outside yet today because I have to finish working first.

Which of the following parts of the sentence is a subordinate clause?

• yet today

• because I have to finish working first.

• I have not gone outside

• finish working first.

Read the sentence: “We want to renovate our house.”

Which option shows how to correctly add an independent clause to the sentence?

• We want to renovate our house, but we aren’t sure how much it will cost.

• We want to renovate our house but we aren’t sure, how much it will cost.

• We want to renovate our house, we aren’t sure how much it will cost.

• We want to renovate our house but we aren’t sure how much it will cost.

Read the sentence below to answer the question.

The woman who stole my car must have been wearing a green jacket.

Should this sentence have commas?

• No, it should not have commas because adding commas would make create a sentence fragment.

• No, it should not have commas because the relative clause is essential to the meaning of the sentence.

• Yes, it should have a comma to separate the relative clause, "who stole my car."

• Yes, it should have commas to show that the reader should pause after the word "must."

Which of the following correctly punctuates a prepositional phrase?

• Before art class, we have Spanish III.

• Before art class we have Spanish III.

• Before, art class we have Spanish III.

• Before art class we have, Spanish III.