7.2 - GRAMMAR - White Fang - Pgs. 10-13 (Purple)

Read the groups of words and identify them as a phrase or a clause.

"had been helped"

• phrase

• clause

Read the sentence below. What is the subordinating conjunction?

When his food was shoved in to him, he growled like a wild animal

Read the sentences below. What is the the dependent clause?

When his food was shoved in to him, he growled like a wild animal

Read the sentence below. What is the subordinating conjunction?

Each night, after Sierra Vista had gone to bed, she rose and let in White Fang to sleep in the big hall.

Read the sentence below. What is the dependent clause?

Each night, after Sierra Vista had gone to bed, she rose and let in White Fang to sleep in the big hall.

Read the sentence below. What is the subordinating conjunction?

She slipped down and let him out before the family was awake.

Read the sentence below. What is the dependent clause?

She slipped down and let him out before the family was awake.

Read the sentence below. What is the subordinating conjunction?

On one such night, while all the house slept, White Fang awoke and lay very quietly.

Read the sentence below. What is the dependent clause?

On one such night, while all the house slept, White Fang awoke and lay very quietly.

Read the sentence below. What is the subordinating conjunction?

White Fang leaped clear, and, as the man struggled to rise, was in again with the slashing fangs