Relative, Restrictive, and Nonrestrictive Clauses

Nonrestrictive clauses needs commas.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the type of clause:

The soft cartilage that makes up sharks' skeletons dissolves over time.

• Nonrestrictive

• Restrictive

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

The children who live up the street are quite friendly.

• commas after children and street

• comma after street

• no commas

• comma after children

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

The woman who found my missing purse is now my close friend.

• no commas

• comma after woman

• comma after purse

• commas after woman and purse

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Read the following: The players who are wearing the red uniforms are winning the game. Which answer choice correctly identifies the correct clause with the proper explanation?

• nonrestrictive clause: If we take out the clause, the original intent of the sentence doesn't change. The information is non essential.

• restrictive clause: If we take out the clause, we won't know which players are winning the game. The information is essential.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which answer choice demonstrates the best way to combine the following sentences? The oranges have been sitting on the table for a week. They are starting to look brown.

• The oranges, which have been sitting on the table for a week, are starting to look brown.

• The oranges which have been sitting on the table for a week are starting to look brown.

• For a week the oranges have been on the table sitting, which are starting to look brown.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• Would you lend me the book, that you recommended last week?

• Would you lend me the book that you recommended last week?

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• Oliver Twist, which was Dickens’s second novel, is a classic.

• Oliver Twist which was Dickens’s second novel is a classic.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following is correctly punctuated?

• The lamp which was given to me by Aunt Betsy is on the bedside table.

• The lamp, which was given to me, by Aunt Betsy, is on the bedside table

• The lamp, which was given to me by Aunt Betsy, is on the bedside table.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Should there be a comma after "apple"?

At lunch, Princess Peach had an apple that was as big as a

grapefruit.

• yes

• no

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A