Syntax Practice

Which of the following words would be helpful in starting an adverbial clause sentence?

• Parking

• Under

• Mandalorians

• Although

Choose the sentence that begins with an adverbial clause.

• Because I was hungry, I stopped for food.

• In the restaurant, I read the menu.

• The salad looked delicious!

• Having filled myself up, I was ready to continue on my way.

Choose the sentence that begins with a participial phrase.

• Because I was hungry, I stopped for food.

• In the restaurant, I read the menu.

• The salad looked delicious!

• Having filled myself up, I was ready to continue on my way.

Choose the sentence that begins with an adverb.

• My mother told me it was time for bed.

• Because I was in the middle of a good book, I did not want to stop reading.

• Slyly, I read my book with a flashlight.

• Under the covers, there was just enough light to read.

the arrangement of words and order of grammatical elements in a sentence

• language

• dialect

• dialogue

• syntax

Syntax can best be defined as...

• word choice

• rhetorical question

• sentence structure

• how we build argument

Choose the sentence that begins with a subject and verb.

• My mother told me it was time for bed.

• Because I was in the middle of a good book, I did not want to stop reading.

• Slyly, I read my book with a flashlight.

• Under the covers, there was just enough light to read.

Choose the participial phrase sentence.

• While I was eating lunch with a friend, my ex was flirting with someone else.

• He told me that it was not true.

• Having seen the whole thing, my friend assured me it was completely misconstrued.

• Soon, I hope I will forget all about it.

Which of the following words would be helpful in starting a prepositional phrase sentence?

• Below

• Walking

• Wakanda

• Although

What type of sentence is the following: Open the window.

• imperative

• interrogative

• declarative

• exclamatory