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Chapter 12 - Noun Clauses
Chapter 13 - Adverb Clauses
Chapter 14 - Adjective Clauses
Chapter 15 - Participial Phrases
How well have you been paying attention?
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This is the definition of a noun clause.
What is a dependent clause that functions as a noun?
100
This is the part of the sentence an adverb clause modifies.
What is the independent clause?
100
Adjective clauses give more information about this in the independent clause.
What is the noun or pronoun?
100
This is another term for participial phrases.
What are reduced clauses?
100
"Dude" or "chick" is an example of this, where "man" or "woman" should be used.
What is casual language?
200
This is when commas should be used to separate a noun clause from the main clause.
What is never?
200
Adverb clauses can show contrast in these two ways.
What are direct opposition (whereas, while) and unexpected results (although, even though).
200
Adjective clauses always begin with one of these two parts of speech.
What relative pronouns or relative adverbs?
200
This is a participle.
What is an adjective formed from a verb?
200
"Don't and wasn't" are examples of these, another type of casual language to avoid.
What are contractions?
300
If/whether clauses are statements that answer these kinds of questions?
What are yes/no questions?
300
If an adverb clause comes before an independent clause.
When should commas be used with adverb clauses?
300
This is where an adjective clause should be placed in a sentence.
What is after the noun or pronoun being modified, and as close as possible to it?
300
Participial phrases can be formed from these three types of verbs.
What are active (-ing), passive (-ed), and perfect (having +ed)
300
The following sentence is missing several of these small, but important, words. In the morning, I got out of bed, took shower, ate breakfast, and went to grocery store. Later, I met a friend for lunch at restaurant on street where I live.
What are articles?
400
Question clauses can begin with one of these 6 subordinators?
What are who, what, where, why, when, how?
400
While and whereas.
Adverb clauses using these two subordinators should always be separated from the independent clause with commas.
400
Is is what the verb in an adjective clause should do with the noun it modifies.
What is agree in number?
400
The participial phrase in the following sentence is formed from this type of verb: The wounded soldier pulled his unconscious lieutenant to safety.
What is passive voice?
400
This is the correct way to add an in-text citation to this quote by Michael Calderon on page 2 of his article. "Clinton aides have helped arrange interviews with Clinton colleagues and confidants, and fielded numerous requests through the course of reporting".
What is: "Clinton aides have helped arrange interviews with Clinton colleagues and confidants, and fielded numerous requests through the course of reporting" (Calderon 2).
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These are the 4 places a "that" noun clause can appear in a sentence.
What is What is after the independent clause verb, after adjectives describing emotion, after nouns describing claims or beliefs, or at the beginning of a sentence?
500
Adverb clauses can answer these 6 types of questions.
What are when, where, why, how, for what purpose, and under what conditions?
500
This type of clause gives extra information about the noun being modified, but is not necessary to identify it.
What is a non-restrictive clause?
500
The participial phrase in the following sentence shows this kind of verb. Having finished my homework early, I decided to watch a movie before I went to bed.
What is perfect form?
500
This is the correct way to change this direct quote to an indirect quote. "Clinton aides have helped arrange interviews with Clinton colleagues and confidants, and fielded numerous requests through the course of reporting".
What is: Calderone reports that interviews with those close to Clinton have been arranged and that aides have handled many media requests.