WorksheetsClauses and Sentence Structure 2021
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Because he was talking to a girl, Dylan was late for practice.
Select the DEPENDENT clause:
Before color television sales increased during the 1960s, most programming was in black and white.
Before color television sales increased during the 1960s
most programming was in black and white
Select the INDEPENDENT clause:
The road is closed until this afternoon because a pipe burst and flooded the street.
The road is closed until this afternoon
because a pipe burst and flooded the street
until this afternoon
Select the DEPENDENT clause:
If you don't have any sour cream, you can use yogurt as a substitute in many recipes.
If you don't have any sour cream
you can use yogurt as a substitute in many recipes
as a substitute
Select the DEPENDENT clause:
We should go for a run early tomorrow morning unless the weather is too cold again.
We should go for a run early tomorrow morning
unless the weather is too cold again
is too cold again
Which is a simple sentence? (ONE independent clause)
In June, Kendra will graduate with honors.
Gary will lend us money for the tickets if we promise to repay him.
The dog up the street.
Which is a simple sentence? (ONE independent clause)
The Costa Rican hairy caterpillar scares off predators with its poisonous spines.
You can use your gift certificate for one big purchase, or you can buy a few smaller items.
After the movie, Star Wars.
Which is a COMPOUND sentence? (TWO independent clauses with a FANBOY)
Jenna hates onions, so she always orders her salad without them.
When the submarine surfaced, a crowd of people gathered and stared at the rare sight.
Which is a COMPOUND sentence?
First, Dan planted the geraniums in a clay pot, and then he placed it on a sunny windowsill in his kitchen.
During last night's game, the tall girl easily spiked the volleyball over the net.
Which is a COMPLEX sentence? (1 dependent and 1 independent clause)
The thermometer and the cough syrup are in the medicine cabinet next to the cotton balls.
Unless the weather forecast is wrong, you'll probably need an umbrella tomorrow.
Which is a COMPLEX sentence? (1 dependent and 1 independent clause)
My hands remained firmly clutched to the arms of my seat because the movie was so suspenseful.
Because of Covid, many people wash their hands often.
What is the rhyme scheme: (each line is numbered 1,2,3,etc, in case you can't tell which word is the last one on the line)
1. Ring out the old, ring in the new,
2. Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
3. The year is going, let him go;
4. Ring out the false, ring in the true.
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B
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B
A
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B
What is the rhyme scheme: (each line is numbered 1,2,3,etc, in case you can't tell which word is the last one on the line)
1.Let me make the songs for the people,
2. Songs for the old and young;
3. Songs to stir like a battle-cry
4. Wherever they are sung.
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B
C
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B
C
B
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