Clauses
What do all clauses have?
A noun/subject and verb pair
How many times of phrases are there?
1. Appositive
2. Prepositional
3. Participial
What do adjective clauses modifiy?
A noun or a pronoun
What do adverb clauses modify?
Verbs
Define "misplaced modifier."
A modifier that is placed in the wrong part of the sentence.
Independent clauses are also known as...
Simple/complete sentences
Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence below.
My dog - a german shepherd - likes to swim in the lake in the summer.
German Shepherd renames dog.
What is the adjective clause in the sentence below? What is being modified?
The student who hand was up gave the right answer.
Whose hand was up modifies the student.
Where can you find an adverb clause?
Anywhere in a sentence, but usually at the beginning, middle or after the verb.
Identify the misplaced modifier in the sentence.
The woman found the gold man's watch.
The watch is supposed to be gold, not the man.
What are 3 things that all dependent clauses have?
A subject, a verb, and a subordinating conjunction (or relative pronoun).
What is the appositive in the sentence below:
They provided desserts - cake, cookies, ice cream, and pie - to make the party amazing.
cake, cookies, ice cream, and pie
What is the adjective clause in the sentence below. What is being modified?
I play a kind of music that nobody likes.
That nobody likes modifies music.
What is the adverb clause in the sentence and what word does it modify?
They will leave when they are ready.
When they are ready modifies the verb -will leave.
Identify the dangling modifier.
Sleeping on top of the counter, Ms. Rensel could not find her cat.
Can dependent clauses stand on their own? Why?
They cannot because they depend on more information. The subordinating conjunction creates a sense of needing more information.
Create a sentence using an appositive phrase.
Teacher discretion.
What is the adjective clause in the sentence below and what does it modify?
The girl bought the dress that was in the window.
that was in the window - modifies dress
When an adverb clause starts the sentence, it is followed by a what...
A comma - just like a dependent clause
Rewrite the sentence below to correct the misplaced modifier.
The waiter served cake to the girls on paper plates.
Teacher discretion
Name all of the subordinating conjunctions in "AAAWWWUUBBIS"
After, although, as, when, while, whenever, until, unless, before, because, If, since
Create a sentence using an appositive phrase.
Teacher discretion.
What are the 4 relative pronouns in adjective clauses?
Who, whose, whom, and that
What are the 6 questions that adverb clauses answer?
How? When? Where? Why? To what extent? Under what condition?
Define "dangling modifiers."
A phrase or clause that is not related to the word that it modifies.