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How is the following gerund or gerund phrase (in red) functioning in the sentence?
By taking the class online, Carrie avoided travel.

• subject
• direct object
• indirect object
• object of the preposition

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Ms. Geary's advisory will win field day in May.  

• adjective phrase
• adverb phrase

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We could not sleep ________ it was hot and humid.

• so
• and
• because
• although

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Identify the INDEPENDENT clause in the following complex sentence:
He talks about what he will eat for dinner while he eats lunch.

• while he eats lunch.
• He talks about what he will eat for dinner

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I ran through the house

• Clause

• Phrase

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Is the underlined clause DEPENDENT or INDEPENDENT?

I can visit them soon because I have time off work.

• DEPENDENT

• INDEPENDENT

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Q. What is the parenthetical phrase in this sentence?

My mother, who had been waiting for the past 30 minutes, was beginning to question where the train was.

• My mother

• who had been waiting for the past 30 minutes

• was beginning to question

• where the train was.

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Identify the independent clause.

Before you say anything, let me explain.

• Before you say anything,

• let me explain.

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Contains two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction

• complex sentence

• compound sentence

• simple sentence

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I will probably get a lot of candy tonight, yet my parents always take their favorites.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound Complex Sentence

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