Sentence structure

'Throwing papers along the streets'

Is this a phrase or a clause?

• Phrase

• Clause

While debris covered the park

• phrase

• clause

Since finding her keys and book

• phrase

• clause

Except Mary and Tom

• phrase

• clause

I refused to go because I had homework to do.

What is the subordinate clause?

• I refused to go

• because I had homework to do

After I finish college, I’ll get a job.

What is the independent clause?

• After I finish college

• I’ll get a job

A large vocabulary is the characteristic that most often accompanies outstanding success.

What is the subordinate clause?

• A large vocabulary

• A large vocabulary is the characteristic

• most often accompanies outstanding success.

• that most often accompanies outstanding success

You can’t do your best when you are tired.

What is the independent clause?

• when you are tired

• You can’t do your best

• you are tired

The old man ran across the long, high bridge away from the monsters.

Tick ALL the phrases in this sentence.

• The old man

• the long, high bridge

• away from the monsters

• The old man ran across the long

Jazz, rock, and dance bands specialize in different musical forms.

Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence?

• simple

• compound

• complex