English 1 Unit 2 Phrases and Clauses Practice

An _____________________ clause contains a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. It can stand alone as a sentence.

A _______________________ clause contains a subject and a verb, but it does not contain a

complete thought.

The acronym AAAWWUBBIS helps you to remember the subordinating conjunctions. If you put an AAAWWUBBIS in front of a sentence, the sentence becomes a ______________________________ clause.

After, Although, As, When/whenever, While, Until/Unless, Because, Before, If, Since

 A ________________ is a group of words that does not contain its own subject or verb. It cannot stand alone as a sentence.

If you leave a dependent clause or a phrase by itself, what sentence error do you create? __________________________.

Identify the word group in boldface:

Having eaten the bananas, the monkey took a nap.

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• phrase

Identify the word group in boldface:

Having eaten the bananas, the monkey took a nap.

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• phrase

Identify the word group in boldface:

After you finish this practice, you may read your book.

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• phrase

Identify the word group in boldface:

After you finish this practice, you may read your book.

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• phrase

Identify the word group in boldface:

Mrs. Bannecker married Mr. Bannecker, a fiendishly intelligent gent.

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• phrase