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ACT Prep - Sentence Structure, Clauses, Conjunctions

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10th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an Independent Clause?

a group of words that contain a subject and verb, and does express a complete thought.

a clause that can stand alone and still contains the same meaning as a sentence.

a clause that can't stand alone and contains no meaning in the sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Dependent Clause?

a clause that can stand alone and still contain the same meaning as a sentence.

a group of words that contain a subject and verb and does express a complete thought.

a group of words that contain a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Do the order of the Independent Clause and Dependent Clause matter?

Yes

It depends.

NO.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a dangling modifier?

A word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence.

A modifier that is correctly placed next to the word it modifies.

A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Complex Sentence?

A sentence that contains no independent clause and one dependent clause.

A sentence containing two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.

A sentence that contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.2.1F

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a Compound Sentence?

A sentence containing two or more Independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.

A sentence containing one dependent clause joined by a semicolon.

A sentence containing two dependant clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or semicolon.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are examples of Coordinating Conjunctions? (connecting words, phrases, or clauses of equal grammatical rank)

Select all that apply?

For

Nor

And

But

Or

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

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