Which one is a phrase?

• the tree that was planted by my grandmother gives plenty of oranges during the summer

• a house on top of the highest peak of the Wuling mountains in China

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is a phrase?

• could have been investigating

• run for your life

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is a phrase?

• a brand new solution meant to counter global warming

• despite all political efforts being taken as top priority

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is a clause?

• since he had not slept at all in three days

• in the early summer of the third year of the new calendar

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is a clause?

• an archaeologist has uncovered a new settlement

• an archaeological discovery of a new settlement

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is a clause?

• the crazy thing about scary movies from the early 90s

• the crazy movie from the early 90s was very scary

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is a dependent clause?

• while the unedited version of the song played on the radio

• the radio station played the unedited version of the song

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is a dependent clause?

• she said she had been learning a new language since her early childhood

• because I've been learning a new language since my early childhood

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is an independent clause?

• crazy singer Ye released one of the most polemic albums from the past 5 years

• while crazy singe Ye worked on his most polemic album from his whole career

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which one is an independent clause?

• which marked a historical moment in music history all over the world

• the very successful all-American artist has been selling thousands of tickets

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B