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Time to Stop Running
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The Fantastic Four
Phrase or Clause?
Mystery Column
100

This cookie tastes good I like that one better.

With a period.

This cookie tastes good. I like that one better.

100

The conductor during the performance

Fragment

100

Can I go to lunch yet?

Interrogative

100

During the power failure, our lights went out.

Independent Clause

100

Come up with an Independent Clause.

1. It should express a complete thought.

2. It should have a subject and a verb.

200

My friend is Amie, she lives next door.

With a period.

My friend is Amie. She lives next door.

200

Even though I liked the pie, the brownie was my favorite, and I can't believe I was allowed to have both, especially since I didn't finish my dinner, and I was really full, and I went into a food coma shortly after.

Run-On

200

It is Friday!

Exclamatory

200

Whenever we finish this task.

Dependent Clause

200

If every student showed up to school, how many 7th and 8th graders would Mrs. Pasbrig teach total in one day?

68 7th - 8th graders.

300

The red paint is bright the blue paint is dull.

With a semicolon

The red paint is bright; the blue paint is dull.
300

The best part about going to school is seeing my friends; however, I don't like having to run the mile and a half at physical education every PE class.

Sentence

300

Here is your homework for tomorrow.

Declarative
300

Hanging on the wall over a fireplace.

Phrase

300

What words are adjectives and what words are adverbs?

- Lovely, swiftly, crazy, mournfully

Adjectives: lovely, crazy

Adverbs: swiftly, mournfully

400

With winter approaching, I become more anxious about skiing sledding will be fun.

With a conjunction.

With winter approaching, I become more anxious about skiing, but sledding will be fun.

400

Drew several pictures for us.

Fragment

400

Do not go outside after dark for any reason.

Imperative

400

Participating in a game.

Phrase

400

Come up with a Dependent Clause.

1. It should NOT express a complete thought.

2. It SHOULD have a subject and a verb.

500

I don't like the tea the biscuit is delicious.

Change the independent clause into a dependent clause.

Although I don't like the tea, the biscuit is delicious.

500

Go!

Sentence

500

Sally asked if we could go outside and play with her after dinner.

Declarative

500
Go away.

Independent Clause

500

How many SCHOOL DAYS total will Mrs. Pasbrig have been at St. Paul's for her entire student teaching experience?

29 Days