Phrase types
Classify "the friendly teacher" and indicate its head
NP; head: teacher.
Find the subject in: "Our mentor explained the task"
Our mentor = S.
Classify: The students are ready.
Independent: it can stand alone.
Classify the bold clause:
We stayed "because it was raining"
Adverbial clause: gives a reason.
Classify: The students opened their books.
Simple: one independent clause.
Classify "very carefully" and its head
AdvP; head: carefully.
Find the DO: Sofia bought a notebook.
A notebook = DO.
Classify the highlithed clause:
We smiled "when the lesson ended"
Dependent: when introduces a subordinate clause.
Classify the bold clause:
The girl "who sits beside me" is kind.
Relative/adjective clause: describes the girl.
Classify: I revised, and my friend helped me.
Compound: two independent clauses joined by and.
Classify both: quite nervous / under the desk
AdjP: quite nervous; PP: under the desk.
Find the IO and DO in: "Leo gave his friend a pen."
His friend = IO; a pen = DO.
Find the independent clause in these sentence:
"Although she was tired, she finished the task"
She finished the task.
Classify the bold clause:
I believe "that we are ready".
Nominal/noun clause: functions as the DO of believe.
Classify: We practised because the test was approaching.
Complex: one independent clause and one dependent clause.
Find the VP and its main verb in: "They have been studying"
Have been studying = VP; studying = main verb.
Identify the function of the quotation marks words:
-She became "confident"
-They painted the wall "green"
Confident = SC; green = OC.
Complete with an independent clause:
Because we needed help, _______________________
Because we needed help, we asked our mentor.
Add a relative clause: The mentor ______ is patient.
Example: The mentor who helps us is patient.
Write:
-A compound sentence using "but"
-A complex sentence using "Although"
-I was tired, but I finished the essay.
-Although I didn't want to go, they convinced me