“Vocab, 12/11.”
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- It would be ___ of a dishwasher to tell the master chef how to do things.
- All her emotions were released in a ___ moment on the stage as 20,000 people cheered.
- Much of the agriculture in the rest of the world is made up of _____(ence) farms, that barely grow enough food for the family working on it.
- MacGyver could ____ together almost anything from a bomb to a hang-glider from bits of trash he found lying around.
- Artie says Richieu’s picture on the wall of his parents’ room was a sort of _____ to him, implying that Richieu would have been a better son than he is.
- After the long siege, the city knew it was ____ to resist any longer…
- …and they finally _____(ed) to the stronger army.
- Though he came from a very religious family, he was still _____ about organized religion; he wasn’t sure what to think.
- *** _______ usually ______(s) _______.
Clause Examples. A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.
- Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons with her family.
(Independent clause. (I) Has a subject and a verb. Could be a sentence on its own. - Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons with her family.
(Dependent clause. (D) Has a subject and a verb, but cannot stand alone as a sentence.) - Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons with her family. (NOT A CLAUSE! (NOT) No subject/verb! This is a phrase!)
“Clauses, 12/11.” – Write I, D or NOT.
- I sent the llama to the store before the party started.
- When we all finally got there.
- If you were a bird, you would like it in a tree.
- If you were a bird, you would like it in a tree.
- He failed the test because he ignored the warning.
- He failed the test after he ignored the warning.
- Since Jenni ate the hot dog, she got sick.
- Jack was much quicker than the llama was.
- Joe ate the hot dog even though the llama told him not to.
- Jill drove the car out to the llama’s house.
- Bonus for +1: If you use a dependent clause as a sentence, that mistake is called a _____
120 Seconds Continues!
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