Phrases
Finish the sentence: Phrases do not have:
a subject and verb
What type of clause can stand alone by itself?
Independent clause
Adjectives describe what?
Nouns
How many jobs can commas have?
8
How many jobs do semicolons have?
2
Phrases are NOT:
complete sentences
Clauses include these two parts of speech:
Subject and verb
Adverbs usually end with these:
The letters l and y
Commas separate things in a:
List
The pause that a semicolon has is than a comma's.
Stronger
How many types of phrases are there?
A dependent clause begins with a:
Subordinating conjunction (Big words)
Adjectives modify what?
Commas separate these two phrases from the rest of the text.
A semicolon looks like it has these two punctuation marks in it.
A comma and a period.
A prepositional phrase includes:
A preposition (obviously) and its object/predicate
How many words can a clause be?
Adverbs can tell us how often something happens. True or false?
Commas surround definitions, aka
They can separate these:
Long items in a list
How often is a phrase a complete sentence?
Never
How many types of primary clauses are there?
Two: independent and dependent.
Identify the adverb in this sentence: Joe the big, fat panda walked slowly to eat more of his bamboo.
Slowly
Can they sit between a greeting and a name?
Yes
2 related complete sentences.