Complex and compound-complex sentences
Clear sentences
Prepositional
phrases
100
A complex sentence is made up of a ___________ clause and a dependent clause.
independent clause
100
Put the adverb first and invert the subject and verb in this sentence? I had scarcely stepped out when the telephone rang.
Scarcely had I stepped out when the telephone rang.
100
What is the prepositional phrase is this sentence? The sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are green with mold.
Which sweet potatoes? The ones forgotten in the vegetable bin.
200
Which clause cannot stand on its own?
A dependent clause.
200
Put the adverb first and invert the subject and verb in this sentence? I had hardly reached the station when the train departed.
Hardly had I reached the station when the train departed.
200
What is the prepositional phrase is this sentence? The note from Beverly confessed that she had eaten the leftover pizza.
Which note? The one from Beverly!
300
What is the dependent clause in this sentence: We won the game, but my uniform was muddy because it rained the entire time.
"because it rained the entire time."
300
Put the adverb first and invert the subject and verb in this sentence? Jim sat under the tree.
Under the tree sat Jim.
300
What is the prepositional phrase is this sentence? Freddy is stiff from yesterday's long football practice.
How did Freddy get stiff? From yesterday's long football practice.
400
What is the independent clause in the following sentence: When she was younger, she believed in fairy tales.
"she believed in fairy tales."
400
Put the adverb first and invert the subject and verb in this sentence? A lamp lay in the corner.
In the corner lay a lamp.
400
What is the prepositional phrase is this sentence? Before class, Josh begged his friends for a pencil.
When did Josh do his begging? Before class.
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