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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Lesson 2-1: The Complete Predicate
Lesson 2-2: The Complete Predicate (Continued)
Lesson 2-3: The Simple Predicate
Lesson 2-4: The Complete Subject
Lesson 2-5: The Simple Subject
Lesson 2-6: The Predicate versus the Subject
Lesson 2-7: Changes in Sentence Patterns
Lesson 2-8: Changes in Sentence Patterns (Continued)
Lesson 2-9: Appositives Within the Sentence
Lesson 2-10: Appositives and Simple Subjects
Quiz 2-11: Cumulative Review
Lesson 2-12: The Clause
Lesson 2-13: Independent versus Dependent Clauses
Lesson 2-14: Independent versus Dependent Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-15: The Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment
Lesson 2-16: The Simple Sentence versus The Sentence Fragment (Continued)
Lesson 2-17: The Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-18: The Dependent Clause
Lesson 2-19: The Dependent Clause (Continued)
Quiz 2-20: Cumulative Review
Lesson 2-21: The Adjective Clause
Lesson 2-22: The Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-23: Commas and the Adjective Clause
Lesson 2-24: Commas and the Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-25: Commas and the Adjective Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-26: The Adverbial Clause
Lesson 2-27: The Adverbial Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-28: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-29: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-30: Adjective Clauses versus Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-31: The Noun Clause
Lesson 2-32: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-33: The Noun Clause (Continued)
Lesson 2-34: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses
Lesson 2-35: Noun Clauses versus Adjective and Adverbial Clauses (Continued)
Lesson 2-36: The Compound Sentence
Lesson 2-37: Compound Sentences versus Run-on Sentences
Lesson 2-38: The Compound-Complex Sentence
Lesson 2-39: Identifying Sentences by Structure
Lesson 2-40: Identifying Sentences by Structure (Continued)
Quiz 2-41: Cumulative Review
Exercise 2-42: Module 2 Self-Test
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
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English Grammar
T
he Clause
Lesson 2-12
Comments:
Prompt:
To this point we have studied words and phrases in a sentence. We are now going to consider the largest structural part in a sentence — the clause. What is a clause? A clause is a group of words with a simple subject and a simple predicate. A clause may or may not be a sentence.
Example:
Consider the following: 1) "While I work at my desk ..." and 2) "I am working at my desk ..." Both groups of words have a simple subject and a simple predicate and are clauses.
Directions:
Below are several groups of words and phrases. Below each group, Click to select whether the group is a clause or is no clause.
1.
When he arrived home ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
2.
Where the animals live ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
3.
By the side of the road ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
4.
The team will play soon ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
5.
In the park near our house ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
6.
Although she is our teacher ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
7.
The sun rose slowly in the east ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
8.
Rising early in the morning ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
9.
Whenever they decided to go ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
10.
Across the river ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
11.
The farm land was turning green ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
12.
That I will be there ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
13.
Worked to the point of exhaustion ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
14.
Running from store to store ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
15.
As if I were the guilty person ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
16.
Near the school house door ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
17.
Over the river and through the woods ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
18.
In order that our team will not be forgotten ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
19.
Where the red fern grows ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)
20.
Coming to the end of the country road ...
(
a clause
) (
no clause
)