Syntax

Punctuate the defining relative clause in the sentence: The dog which barks loudly is my neighbor's pet.

• The dog which barks loudly is my neighbor's pet.

• The dog which barks loudly, is my neighbor's pet.

• The dog, which barks loudly, is my neighbor's pet.

• The dog, which barks loudly is my friend's pet.

Reduce the relative clause (write the full sentence):

Who is the girl who is sitting next to your brother?

The man is standing over there. I was telling you about him.

The airplane that the Wright brothers flew, is now in a museum.

• is now in a museum

• that the Wright brothers flew

The purpose of an embedded clause is to_______

• Explain the main idea of the sentence.

• Give sense to the sentence.

• Add extra information about the subject.

What does the underlined clause modify?

I didn't know the answer to the extra-credit question that was on the back of the quiz.

• answer

• extra-credit

• question

• quiz

Ryan, who works as an astrophysicist, majored in computer science.

• correct

• incorrect

Michael Prince went up to the podium with his speech I wasn't prepared for the flood of emotion.

• NO CHANGE

• speech, which

• speech that

• speech.

Read the following sentence and decide whether the phrase typed in green is essential or nonessential.
The football players on the field ran the ball and scored a touchdown.

• essential 
• nonessential

The gizmo WHICH she saw on the window was very expensive.

• We can eliminate "which"

• We CAN'T eliminate "which"