Phrases and Clauses Intro
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- Q1The first and second steps to identifying if a group of words is a phrase or a clause are to find the ____________ and then the ____________ in the group of words.Adjective and NounPreposition and AdverbSubject and Object of the PrepositionSubject and Verb30s
- Q2True or False: If a group of words has a subject and no verb it is a clause.FalseTrue30s
- Q3True or False: If a group of words has a verb and no subject, it is a phrase.TrueFalse30s
- Q4True or False: If a group of words has a subject and a verb and it makes sense, it is an independent clause.TrueFalse30s
- Q5True or False: If a group of words has a subject and a verb and it makes sense, it is a dependent clause.TrueFalse30s
- Q6A(n) ____________ is a word that identifies as a person, place or thing.adverbadjectivenounverb30s
- Q7A(n) ____________ is a word that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.nounadjectiveadverbverb30s
- Q8A(n) ____________ is a word that describes or modifies a noun.adjectivenounverbadverb30s
- Q9A(n) ____________ is the action the subject is doing or the condition the subject is in.adverbnounverbadjective30s
- Q10A(n) ____________ phrase contains a noun and all the words that describe it within the phrase. They will usually be the subject of the sentence or a complete object.adjectival phraseverbal phraseadverbial phrasenominal phrase30s
- Q11A(n)____________ phrase usually starts with a preposition but doesn’t have to. It modifies a noun outside of the phrase itself.verbal phraseadverbial phraseadjectival phrasenominal phrase30s
- Q12A(n) ____________ phrase usually starts with a preposition but doesn’t have to. It modifies a verb outside of the phrase-- or it can modify an adjective or another adverb.adverbial phraseverbal phraseadjectival phrasenominal phrase30s
- Q13True or False: If a phrase describes something outside of itself it is an adjectival or adverbial phrase.FalseTrue30s
- Q14True or false: If a phrase functions as a noun or a verb, then it does not describe anything outside of the phrase itself.TrueFalse30s