ELA7 Grammar: Phrases - Independent Clauses - Dependent Clauses

Performs the action in a sentence -

Mr. McKee talks loudly to the students.

• Subject

• Predicate

• Independent Clause

• Dependent

  Clause

Is the action performed -

Mr. McKee talks loudly to the students.

• Subject

• Predicate

• Independent Clause

• Dependent

  Clause

This can perform the action

• verb

• noun

• pronoun

• noun

  or

  pronoun

This is the action performed or state of being explained.

• verb

• noun

• pronoun

• noun

  or

  pronoun

A series of words that do NOT have a subject and verb combination. 

• clause

• phrase

A series of words that do have a subject and verb combination. 

• clause

• phrase

This can stand alone as a sentence.

• clause

• phrase

This cannot stand alone as a sentence.

• clause

• phrase

He works hard every day

• clause

• phrase

After a good day

• clause

• phrase