Monday, 1/4/16: Copy Homework, Clauses, Vladek

Copy homework into assignment book.

“Clauses, 1/4.”
A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
INDEPENDENT = Can stand alone as a sentence.
DEPENDENT = Cannot.
Example:

• Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons.
  (Independent clause. Could be a sentence on its own.
• Tara ate a cheese roll after she watched The Simpsons.
  (Dependent clause. Cannot stand alone as a sentence.)

“Clause Practice, 1/4. ”

1. After I ate a doughnut, I felt rapturous.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
2. We climbed slowly up the very steep hill. a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
3. Jimmy ate a doughnut; he got sick.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
4. There are some things in life that we’ll never know.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
5. You must say, “Sir,” when you say, “Mr. Coward.” a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
6. I ate a second doughnut, and I still felt good.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
7. Maybe the mall where the store was charged a high rent.  a) independent  b) dependent
8. Joe ran to the store with his llama. a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
9. When he started his company, he had nothing.  a) independent  b) dependent  c) not a clause
   

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10. (Bonus: When you use a dependent clause as a “sentence,” that mistake is called a ________ .)

Here’s a link for more practice: http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/clause.htm

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