Phrase or Clause?

Which one is a phrase?

• From the stairs

• The play was funny

• Since I like chocolate

• While I crossed the street

Which is the phrase?

• Throwing papers along the streets

• While debris covered the park

• No one lives here

• If she skips school

Which is a clause?

• To run daily

• to deliver the package

• dusting the furniture

• It is the only solution

Which is a clause?

• Thousands of people walk every day

• Racing against the traffic signal

• To think intelligently

• Except Mary and Brook-Lynn

Which is a clause?

• No one cared about the party

• After the storm

• Dragged up the steps

• As a loving gesture

Which one is an independent clause?

• Karleigh waters Ms. Perez's plants.

• While Michael waits

• Unless Abigail studies

• If Ashton bothers Ms. Perez one more time

What is a clause?

• A group of words that contain a subject and a verb

• A group of words that have nouns, verbs, or both, but no subjects

• a peson, place or thing

• an action

What is a phrase?

• A group of words that have nouns, verbs, or both but no subjects

• a group of words that contain a subject and a verb

• a person, place, thing or idea

• an action

Which is an independent clause?

• Maxwell asks to go to the bathroom.

• Because Leyah plays too much

• When Grace arrived late

• Although Harmony likes music

Which is a dependent clause?

• Unless Phancy goes to the office

• Tiwa is a great student.

• Carlos is very talkative.

• Kevin tries very hard.