Jeopardy

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Jeopardy
Punctuating Sentences
Clause Confusion
Kinds of Sentences
Kinds of Clauses
Clauses
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A clause is a group of words that contains a
subject and a verb.
What is the simple subject of this clause? Few
students enjoy taking tests.
Few students enjoy taking tests.
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What is the verb phrase in this clause?Few
students enjoy taking tests.
Few students enjoy taking tests.
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An independent clause expressesa complete
thought and can standalone as a sentence.
Which sentence is an independent clause?
Although I like to play golf.
The boys play golf every Saturday.
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A dependent clause does not express a complete
thought and can not stand alone as a sentence.
Is this a dependent clause? Because we liked to
take pictures.
YES!
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Identify the underlined group of words as a
dependent or independent clause.
The theme of a story is the life lesson because
the author wants to teach the reader something.
Dependent clause
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Identify the underlined group of words as a
dependent or independent clause.
The thesis of the introductory paragraph should
be placed as the last sentence of that paragraph
because it helps the reader understand what the
essay will be about.
Independent clause
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Shawn is our Teachers Assistant and he helps in
the Literacy Lab
Is this a simple sentence or a compound sentence?
It is a compound sentence because it has
two Independent clauses and no dependent clauses.
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Is this an independent of dependent clause?
When Sarah was fourteen.
Dependent
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How would you make this dependent clause
independent?
When I went to my mothers house
A. When I went to my mothers house in the
country. B. When I went to my mothers house in
the country we played games.
B. When I went to my mothers house in the
country we played games.
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A complex sentence contains one independent
clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What kind of sentence is the following? When we
visited the zoo, we were afraid of the lions,
where the cages were open.
Complex When we visited the zoo, we were afraid
of the lions, where the cages were open.
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An adjective clause is a dependent clause used as
an adjective.
Name the adjective clause of this sentence
Student volunteers work in the student store,
which sells school supplies.
which sells school supplies
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An adverb clause is a dependent clause used as an
adverb.
Name the adverb clause in this sentence
They were sad because they heard about the
accident
because they heard about the accident
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Is the following an adverb clause or an adjective
clause?
The teachers who volunteer asked the students for
directions.
adjective phrase
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Is the clause in this sentence an adverb clause
or adjective clause?
The store closed sooner than they expected
It is an adverb clause because it modifies the
verb closed
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A noun clause is a dependent clause used as a
noun.
What part of the sentence is this noun clause
functioning as?
What frustrates many people is having to wake up
early.
subject
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A simple sentence only has one independent
clauses.
A compound sentence has two independent clauses.
Which kind of sentence is this one? Nelly likes
to run and Susan likes to play.
A compound sentence
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A complex sentenceindependent clause
dependent clause
Sam cant work because he is injured
Which clause is the independent clause and which
is the dependent clause in this complex sentence?
Because Sarah is scared, she always runs away on
Halloween.
Because Sarah is scared, she always runs away on
Halloween.
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Compound-Complex Sentence2 or more independent
clauses 1or more dependent clauses.
Sally will find treasures and Jay will
collect shells when we are ready.
What are the two independent clauses?
Sally will find treasures and Jay will collect
shells.
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What is the dependent clause in this
compound-complex sentence?
When we are ready, Sam will make sandwiches and
Sally will bring drinks.
When we are ready
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There is probably free time for every student, so
lets get our work done in time.

• What kind of sentence is this?
• Simple Sentence
• Compound Sentence
• Complex Sentence
• Compound-Complex Sentence

Compound Sentence
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Independent clauses can be joined by
She ran towards the car, but it drove away. She
was sad he was disappointed.
What are these two ways called?
Comma and conjunction semicolon
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Although we were tired, we drove through the
night.
What is although called?
subordinating conjunction
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Which of the following is called a relative
pronoun?

• he
• she
• which
• they

c. which
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After the race was over, the runners rested.
The runners rested, after the race was over.
Which sentence is not punctuated correctly?
The runners rested after the race was over.
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What is wrong with this sentence?She ran to the
horse but he ran away.
She ran to the horse, but he ran away.
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How should this sentence be punctuated?
When we were young we liked to ride horses.

• When, we were young we liked to ride horses.
• When we were young we liked to ride horses.
• When we were young, we liked to ride horses.

C. When we were young, we liked to ride horses.
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What kind of clause is in this sentence
The students who ran fast won the race.

• adverb clause
• adjective clause
• verb clause

B. adjective clause