7th Grade Phrases TEST

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What is a Subordinate (Dependent) Clause?

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A clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and depends on an independent clause to provide meaning.

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What is a Participle Phrase?

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A phrase that begins with a participle (a verb form used as an adjective) and includes any modifiers or complements.

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What is a Prepositional Phrase?

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A phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun, which is called the object of the preposition.

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What is an Appositive Phrase?

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A noun or noun phrase that renames or provides additional information about another noun.

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What is an Independent Clause?

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A group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

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Identify the Prepositional Phrase: 'The cat sat on the mat.'

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on the mat

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Identify the Participle Phrase: 'Running quickly, she caught the bus.'

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Running quickly

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Identify the Appositive Phrase: 'My brother, a skilled guitarist, plays in a band.'

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a skilled guitarist

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Identify the Independent Clause: 'Although it was raining, we went for a walk.'

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we went for a walk

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Identify the Subordinate Clause: 'Because I was tired, I went to bed early.'

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Because I was tired