Multiple Choice
"at the store" is a/an
a) independent clause
b) phrase
c) dependent clause
What is a phrase?
The answer is b, because "at the store" has no subject or predicate
"Since they were busy with work" is an independent clause. True or False?
What is false?
"Since they were busy with work" is NOT an independent clause, because it is NOT a complete thought.
What is a phrase?
Action or Linking: Dae ran the fastest mile.
What is an action verb?
Sujatha went into the classroom.
is a
a) phrase
b) dependent clause
c) independent clause
What is an independent clause?
The answer is c, because
"Sujatha" is the subject.
"went" is the predicate.
"I will be visiting my grandmother today" is an independent clause. True or false?
What is true?
"I will be visiting my grandmother today" is an independent clause because it IS a complete thought.
This is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
What is a clause?
Action or Linking: Erica is the team lead.
What is a linking verb?
Ringing down the street is the music of the ice cream truck.
The words in bold are a/an:
a) verb phrase
b) prepositional phrase
c) noun phrase
What is a prepositional phrase?
The answer is b, because
"of" is a preposition.
"truck" is the object.
"will be eating" is a verb phrase. True or False?
What is true?
"will be" are auxiliary/helping verbs.
"eating" is the main verb.
Together they form a verb phrase.
What is the term for a group of words that cannot stand alone (because it has a subordinating word such as when, if, because, since).
What is a dependent clause?
Action or Linking: Camile appeared at the party as if by magic.
What is an action verb?
Rodney has been picking away at the electric guitar for two years, and both boys are now enthusiastic students at the ACT 3 Drama Academy.
Which of the following about the sentence is correct?
a) There are two independent clauses.
b) There is a dependent clause and an independent clause.
c) There are two dependent clauses.
What is there are two independent clauses?
The answer is a, because
"Rodney has been picking away at the electric guitar for two years" is an independent clause as it can stand alone.
and
"both boys are now enthusiastic students at the ACT 3 Drama Academy" is also an independent clause.
They are joined by the conjunction "and."
"On the road, there was also a lot of rainwater, which made the surface slippery."
In the above sentence, there are two independent clauses. True or false?
What is false?
"On the road, there was also a lot of rainwater" is an independent clause.
"which made the surface slippery" is a dependent clause as it has a relative pronoun "which" and cannot stand alone.
What is a group of words with a subject and a predicate that is also a complete thought (also an independent clause)?
What is a sentence?
Action or Linking: Mateo has been studying for two hours straight.
What is an action verb?
Specifically, a verb phrase.
The economy recovered very slowly.
The words in bold are a/an:
a) verb phrase
b) adjective phrase
c) adverbial phrase
What is an adverbial phrase?
It is an adverbial phrase because "very" is an adverb. "Slowly" is also an adverb.A new pre-school in Edgefield Plain in Punggol will focus largely on the arts when it opens next month.
There is a verb phrase and a dependent clause in this sentence. True or False?
What is true?
"will focus" is the verb phrase.
"when it opens next month" is the dependent clause.
What is the term for the type of sentence that has two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction and a comma?
What is a compound sentence?
Action or Linking: The soup smelled delicious.
What is a linking verb?