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Punctuating Dependent and Indpedent Clauses

Authored by Jennifer Moreno

English

9th - 10th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 21+ times

Punctuating Dependent and Indpedent Clauses
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of these is a dependent clause?

The turtles have been sleeping.

The turtles sleep.

The turtles are sleeping.

While the turtles slept.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of these is a dependent clause?

If the jellyfish arrive.

The ocean was full of jellyfish.

The jellyfish have been seen in the bay.

The jellyfish arrived.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of these is an independent clause?

When crabs fight.

The crabs are fighting.

While fighting.

Since the crabs fought.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which is an independent clause?

Although sharks circled the boat.

Until sharks circled the boat.

While circling the boat.

Sharks circled the boat.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which needs a comma?

Because the night was dark we could see the plankton.

We could see the plankton because the night was dark.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which needs a comma?

While we swam in the ocean we saw seagulls.

We saw seagulls while we swam in the ocean.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which needs a comma?

Once we arrived at the waterfall we heard the frogs.

We heard the frogs once we arrived at the waterfall.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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