All About Them Clauses
Identify the type of clause in the sentence:
Atlantic City is where the boardwalk is located.
a. Adjective clause
b. Adverb clause
c. Noun clause
C.) Noun Clause (used as a Predicate nominative)
Read the sentence and indicate what type phrase it is:
The students planning to study nursing must talk with the dean.
a.) Adjective Prep phrase
b.) Adverb Prep phrase
c.) Essential Appositive phrase
d.) Participial phrase
d.) Participial phrase
Cassandra could not go on the ski trip because she broke her leg, so she sat on the couch and watched movies.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
Is the following a Subject-Verb Agreement error, a Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement error, or is it correct?
The girl or the boys will buy his/her dates corsages.
a.) Subject-Verb Agreement
b.) Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
c.) Correct
Lazy Lou heard that a particular machine would do half his work, he ordered two.
a. Run-On
b. Fragment
c. Comma Splice
d. Correct
c. Comma Splice
Carol is my mother-in-law who likes to buy people lots of presents.
a.) Adjective clause
b.) Adverb clause
c.) Noun clause
a.) Adjective clause (modifying the predicate nominative, mother-in-law)
Gillian arranged to have a fortune provided for Miriam Hayden, his uncle’s ward.
a.) Participial phrase
b.) Nonessential Appositive phrase
c.) Essential Appositive phrase
d.) Adjective Prepositional phrase
Shopping online, Craig bought gifts for everyone in his family.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
a. Simple
The list of items are on the desk.
a.) Subject-Verb Agreement
b.) Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
c.) Correct
a.) Subject-Verb Agreement
I was never very good at cooking I bought a gas grill to learn.
a. Run-On
b. Fragment
c. Comma splice
d. Correct
a. Run-On
The man had a back operation because he ruptured another disk.
a.) Adjective clause
b.) Adverb clause
c.) Noun clause
b.) Adverb clause (modifying the verb "had")
The car in front of us slid into an icy snow bank.
a.) Adjective Prepositional phrase
b.) Adverb Prepositional phrase
c.) Participial phrase
d.) Essential Appositive phrase
a.) Adjective Prepositional phrase
The team went our for pizza after the game, but Zach had to go home so that he could work on his history paper.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
d.) Compound-Complex
A can of lima beans sits on its shelf.
a.) Subject-Verb Agreement
b.) Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
c.) Correct
c.) Correct
The teacher who said that grades don't matter.
a. Run-On
b. Fragment
c. Comma Splice
d. Correct
b. Fragment
The nurse can find a job wherever she goes.
a.) Adjective clause
b.) Adverb clause
c.) Noun clause
b.) Adverb clause (modifying the verb "can find")
During the stormy night, the black horse ran off.
a. Adjective Prepositional phrase
b. Adverb Prepositional phrase
c. Nonessential Appositive phrase
d. Participial phrase
a.) Adverb Prepositional phrase
The students cleaned up after they had finished the experiment.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
c. Complex
My aunt or my uncles is arriving by train today.
a.) Subject-Verb Agreement
b.) Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
c.) Correct
b.) Subject-Verb Agreement
Because I love to read and write, I became an English major.
a. Run-On
b. Fragment
c. Comma splice
d. Correct
d. Correct
Now I understand why you didn't want to attend.
a.) Adjective clause
b.) Adverb clause
c.) Noun clause
Eaten by mosquitoes, we wished we had stayed home.
a. Adjective Prepositional Phrase
b. Adverb Prepositional Phrase
c. Nonessential Appositive phrase
d. Participial phrase
d.) Participial Phrase
Fatima plays the trumpet, and her sister plays the saxophone.
a. Simple
b. Compound
c. Complex
d. Compound-Complex
a. Compound
Each of the paralegals does a lot of work in their offices.
a.) Subject-Verb Agreement
b.) Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
c.) Correct
b.) Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Helping Jackie decorate her car for the parade.
a. Run-On
b. Fragment
c. Comma Splice
d. Correct
b. Fragment