ELA 7 Grammar Task Review

What is a clause?

• A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun

What is an adjective?

• A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun

What is a noun?

• A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb.

• A person, place, thing, or idea

• A word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun

What is an adjective clause?

• a conjunction that joins a dependent idea or clause to a main clause

• a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun

• a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun in the main clause

What is a subordinating conjunction?

• a conjunction that joins a dependent idea or clause to a main clause

• a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun

• a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun in the main clause

What is a noun clause?

• a conjunction that joins a dependent idea or clause to a main clause

• a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun

• a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun in the main clause

What is a main clause?

• a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun in the main clause

• a clause that can stand alone as a sentence

• a subordinate clause that acts like a noun

What is a compound sentence?

• a sentence with at least two commas

• a sentence with only one independent clause

• a sentence that contains two related independent clauses joined by a connecting word such as and, but, and or

What is a coordinating conjunction?

• a word that joins two main clauses, such as and, but, and or

• a clause that has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete sentence

• a conjunction that joins a dependent idea or clause to a main clause

Identify the number of clauses in this sentence: “Today is Groundhog Day and it is celebrated all over the country.”

• One

• Two

• Three