Clauses/Types of Sentences
What two things do clauses always contain?
(A subject and a verb)
What does a verb phrase never contain?
(A noun)
Name 3 phrases that make this noun countable?:
WINE
(Answers will vary)
They ate quickly so that they could join _________________ at the party.
(the others)
A or An? ______ hospital
(A)
What type of clause is this?: "She cried."
(Independent)
Identify the 2 noun phrases in this sentence:
"The extremely loud neighbor would not stop singing the song."
(The extremely loud neighbor,
the song)
Name 3 phrases that make this noun countable?:
LUCK
(Answers will vary)
I made a mistake, but please give me ____________ chance.
(another)
He loves going to ________ Church but ______ church he goes to is so far away.
(X, the)
What type of clause is this?:
"Because she couldn’t tolerate him anymore."
(Dependent)
Identify the verb phrase in the independent clause:
"The little puppy ran while his owner was not looking."
(ran)
Name 3 nouns that can be considered countable and uncountable depending on the context.
- Food, Chicken, Fish, Paper, Glass, Experience, Noise, Time, Crime
There is no _____________ way to do it.
(other)
______ giraffes are beautiful animals that live in _______ Africa.
(X, X)
What type of sentence is this?
"She couldn’t wait for the weekend even though it was only Monday."
(Complex)
Identify the verb phrase and the prepositional phrase in this sentence:
"By December, I will have lived in Quito for 10 months."
(Will have lived,
for 10 months)
What type of noun does the quantifiers “a little” go before?
(Uncountable noun)
I have many plans for the weekend. One is that I am going to go to the park. _____________ is that I am going to go to the Guayasamin Museum.
(another)
______ Lake Superior is one of ____ Great Lakes, which are located in ____ USA.
(X, the, the)
List the coordinating conjunctions. What type of sentence are coordinating conjunctions found in?
(For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So, compound sentences)
Create a sentence using all three types of phrases and identify them in the sentence.
(Answer corrected by the teacher)
List 5 quantifiers that can go before a countable noun.
These are just some of them:
Many, Few, A few, Fewer, A number of, Several, No, None, A lot of, Some, Plenty of
The ________ day I was walking down the street and I saw the cutest dog.
(other)
I love watching _____ television before bed, but sometimes I listen to ________ radio instead.
(X; the)