Mastering Phrases and Clauses

Identify the adjective clause in the sentence: The book that you lent me was fascinating.

• The book was fascinating

• that you lent me

• you lent me

• that was fascinating

Which part of the sentence is the adjective phrase? The tall man walked quickly.

• tall

• walked

• man

• quickly

Find the prepositional phrase in this sentence: She sat on the chair by the window.

• on the chair by the window

• by the window

• sat on the window

• on the chair

What is the noun phrase in the following sentence? The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• The lazy dog

• Quick brown jumps

• The quick brown fox

• Jumps over the fox

Identify the noun clause in the sentence: What he said surprised everyone.

• What surprised everyone

• What he said

• He said surprised everyone

• What everyone said

Differentiate between the phrase and clause in this example: Running fast is important.

• The phrase is 'is important'; it is a main clause.

• The phrase is 'Running'; it is a noun clause.

• The phrase is 'Running fast'; it is a gerund phrase. There is no clause in this example.

• The phrase is 'fast'; it is an adverbial phrase.

Locate the adjective clause: The car, which is red, belongs to my brother.

• which is blue

• which is red

• who is my brother

• that is red

What is the adjective phrase in this sentence? The very tall building is impressive.

• very impressive

• tall building

• impressive

• very tall

Identify the prepositional phrase: The cat is under the table.

• on the table

• under the table

• beside the chair

• in the room

What is the noun phrase in this sentence? A group of students visited the museum.

• The museum

• A group of students visited

• A group of students

• Visited the museum