Practice: verbs, clauses and phrases

Which of the following is an incomplete sentence?

• He did not finish his dinner.

• Although he did not finish his dinner.

• Feeling ill, he did not finish his dinner.

• None of the above.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Why is the group of words below not a complete sentence? (Choose the BEST reason)

Scratching, the ginger cat.

• It does not have a finite verb.

• It does not have a subject.

• It does not tell us enough.

• It does not have a phrase.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

Which of the following contains a sentence fragment?

• I studied for the test. Therefore, I will do well.

• I studied for the test; therefore, I will do well.

• I studied for the test. I will do well.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which statements are true of the following example?

Ms Collie and Ms Bodenstein, who can be considered great grammar teachers

• It contains a conjunction.

• It is an incomplete sentence

• It contains a phrase

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which statements are true of the following example:

The Grade 9s, who are studying revision for their exam, are inclined to be excitable.

• It contains redundancy.

• It is in the passive

• It contains a concord error

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

The following statments are true of the example

"His arrogance will horrify you"

• It contains an auxiliary verb.

• It contains an abstract noun.

• It contains a pronoun that is the object of a verb.

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

"Swimming is my favourite sport" contains

• a gerund

• a gerund and a finite verb

• an adverb

• a present participle

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

"Although Mia is a vegetarian, she still misses biltong."

is an example of:

• a subordinate clause followed by a main clause

• a main clause followed by a subordinate clause

• two main clauses

• two subordinate clauses

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Another name for a subordinate clause is:

• an indirect object

• a concord error

• a direct object

• a dependent clause

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

How many errors are there in this sentence?

I want to secretly make a plan so that the people we are inviting is unaware.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2