Complete Sentences

Question 1

This is an independent clause: Smiling turtles are happy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

All of the following have two independent clauses. Which are punctuated correctly?

Accepted Answer

It was hard to stay enthusiastic; missing friends made everything worse., It was hard to stay enthusiastic, since missing friends made it worse.

Question 3

Which, if any, are independent clauses?

Accepted Answer

Tabbie waits impatiently

Question 4

"Glittering friendly dragon" is:

Accepted Answer

a phrase

Question 5

Which are run-on sentences?

Accepted Answer

Tabbie waited impatiently for summer she never stopped thinking about it, Tabbie waited impatiently for summer, it could never come, she thought.

Question 6

Which are clauses?

Accepted Answer

While we all wait for Halloween to finally come., Tabbie waits impatiently, Halloween, which sits teasingly just out of sight

Question 7

Complete sentence? Although we have rarely been successful in crossbreeding gryphons and dragons.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Which is true of clauses?

Accepted Answer

A single clause can be a simple sentence, A clause has a subject and a verb, There can be multiple clauses in one sentence

Question 9

"Because we only had three glittering dragons " is a

Accepted Answer

dependent clause

Question 10

Which can be fragments?

Accepted Answer

a phrase, a dependent clause, two dependent clauses together

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