Understanding Principal and Subordinate Clauses

Understanding Principal and Subordinate Clauses

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

6th - 7th Grade

Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

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Riya Banerjee teaches how to identify principal and subordinate clauses using five example questions. Each question is analyzed to determine the principal and subordinate clauses, focusing on finite verbs and their roles. The lesson concludes with a request for students to identify clause types in comments.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main focus of this tutorial?

Identifying different types of sentences

Understanding principal and subordinate clauses

Learning about verb tenses

Practicing punctuation rules

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence 'He met a girl whose eyes were blue', which part is the principal clause?

He met

Whose eyes were blue

He met a girl

A girl whose eyes

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role does 'whose eyes were blue' play in the sentence?

Main clause

Independent clause

Subordinate clause

Principal clause

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence 'He met a girl whose eyes were blue', what is the function of 'whose eyes were blue'?

It provides additional information about the girl

It introduces a new subject

It concludes the sentence

It is the main action of the sentence

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence 'I fear that I shall fail', which word is the finite verb in the principal clause?

Shall

Fail

Fear

That

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the subordinate clause in 'I fear that I shall fail'?

I fear

That I shall fail

Fear that

I shall

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the sentence 'I fear that I shall fail', what is the role of 'that'?

It is the main verb

It concludes the sentence

It introduces the subordinate clause

It is part of the principal clause

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