Review Clauses

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Directions:: Decide whether each group of words is a clause or not a clause.

1.: In your binder with your homework
clause / not a clause
2.: When pigs fly
clause / not a clause
3.: Before your brother gets home from college
clause / not a clause
4.: Along with the rest of the residents of the neighborhood
clause / not a clause

5.: While you watch television
independent / dependent
6.: You need a good night's sleep before the test tomorrow
independent / dependent
7.: The band practices every afternoon
independent / dependent
8.: Whom we met at the basketball game last night
independent / dependent

9.: The old record player I found in the garage still works.
10.: Students who turn in their work should be able to get good grades in this class.
11.: Saturday is the day when we will have our neighborhood clean-up event.
12.: The bats, which really need to move out of our attic, keep most of the mosquitoes out of our back yard.

Directions:: Decide if the underlined adjective clause is restrictive or nonrestrictive. Commas have been left out on purpose.

13.: Where did you see the cat that was wearing a red collar?
restrictive / nonrestrictive
14.: The pizza Chenna made which was baked in a real brick oven was absolutely delicious.
restrictive / nonrestrictive
15.: The bicycle that my parents just bought my little brother has been stolen already.
restrictive / nonrestrictive
16.: Those pottery fragments which were found in a farmer's field proved to date from before the Romans.
restrictive / nonrestrictive

17.: I want to go to the beach because this might be the last warm day for a while.
18.: Broken after they were dropped, the dishes had to be thrown away.
19.: Until I finish all my homework, I can't watch television.
20.: Even if we go horseback riding, we can still go to the zoo.

Directions:: Identify each underlined clause as a noun clause, an adjective clause, or an adverb clause.

25.: The painting that hangs in my bedroom is a copy of one in the Prado in Madrid.
noun clause / adjective clause / adverb clause
26.: Before that cat moved into our barn, we had lots of mice eating our grain.
noun clause / adjective clause / adverb clause
27.: What I asked for was a sundae with strawberry topping.
noun clause / adjective clause / adverb clause
28.: The palm trees that grow in our area are native to the Philippines.
noun clause / adjective clause / adverb clause

Directions:: Identify each sentence as declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.

29.: I would prefer to have Chinese food instead of Italian tonight.
declarative / interrogative / imperative / exclamatory
30.: Where did you leave your empty cup?
declarative / interrogative / imperative / exclamatory
31.: You did a great job!
declarative / interrogative / imperative / exclamatory
32.: Turn off that television.
declarative / interrogative / imperative / exclamatory

Directions:: Use the toolbar to identify the subjects and verbs in each sentence. Then identify each sentence as simple or compound. Commas have been left out on purpose.

33.: In most medieval plays, boys acted the male roles and also acted the female roles.
34.: simple / compound
35.: That pizza has pepperoni on it but the rest have just cheese.
36.: simple / compound
37.: Our school choir did not win the overall competition but our singers won all the individual competitions.
38.: simple / compound
39.: Martin likes his movie posters but loves his action figures more.
40.: simple / compound

41.: The new backpack that you just bought looks cute, but it doesn't seem to hold all the things that you need for class.
complex / compound-complex
42.: Even though they are bad for my teeth, I still like caramels.
complex / compound-complex
43.: The palm trees you planted along the sidewalk look nice, but they are too close to the electric wires above them.
complex / compound-complex
44.: Because people didn't understand the dangers, early cars didn't have seatbelts.
complex / compound-complex

Directions:: Use the toolbar to identify the independent clauses and the dependent clauses. Then decide if the sentence is simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

45.: I packed my baby sister's diaper bag but forgot to put fresh diapers in it.
46.: simple / compound / complex / compound-complex
47.: I bought you some chocolates, but they melted in the car.
48.: simple / compound / complex / compound-complex
49.: Before we moved to the South, I had to spend most of the winter shoveling snow.
50.: simple / compound / complex / compound-complex
51.: I want a car for my sixteenth birthday, but my parents think that I should buy my own car.
52.: simple / compound / complex / compound-complex

Directions:: Decide if each question is a sentence, a fragment, or a run-on.

53.: The most important thing to remember about the builders of the pyramids.
sentence / fragment / run-on
54.: We went to the amusement park, I went on all the rides but my brother only wanted to play the games.
sentence / fragment / run-on
55.: Jacob put the pizza, still in the box, into the oven, and set off the smoke alarm when it started burning.
sentence / fragment / run-on
56.: Trying to teach his puppy to sit, stay, and roll over.
sentence / fragment / run-on

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