Daily Language #8 Review

Which of the following is a DEPENDENT clause?

Select the one preposition. I stared at the clouds above me.

Identify the appositive: Jeremy, the marathon runner, sweated profusely during the 5K.

Which of the following is a subordinate conjunction?

The wallet should be returned to me, the rightful owner.

This is a COMPLEX sentence: When Mrs. Mac taught the lesson today, the students had fun. 

Select the one preposition. We sat around the carpet.

Either of the two alphabets may be used in writing Serbo-Croatian, the language of Yugoslavia.

Which of the following is an example of a COMPLEX sentence?

Select the two words that make the prepositional phrase. Mina looks to the stars at night.

It would be hard to pet a porcupine, an animal with sharp quills.

Select the two words that make the prepositional phrase. I stared at the clouds above me.

Select the one preposition. Mrs. Lynn said we could paint after recess.

Which of the following is a COMPOUND sentence?

Select the one preposition. We sprinkled breadcrumbs along the river for the ducks.

Select the one preposition. Did you read the book about kangaroos?

Select the two words that make the prepositional phrase. Come sit beside me.

Aunt Clara, my mother's sister, lives in Tennessee.

The eohippus, a small hoofed mammal, was the ancestor of the horse.

A complex sentence is made up of....

Gym, my favorite class, is scheduled for today.

Select the one preposition. My puppy zoomed across the yard.

Select the two words that make the prepositional phrase. We saw the new movie in theaters.

I had to choose between two classes, computer studies and drama.

Select the two words that make the prepositional phrase. My sister is on the bunk above me.

The name of the word that combines the two clauses in a complex sentence is called...

The oil painting, a portrait of an ancestor, has been in the family since 1875.

Which of the following is an INDEPENDENT clause?

The damaged plane, a Boeing 727, landed safely.

Select the three words that make the prepositional phrase. The money is hidden in the safe!

Select the one preposition. Our music program will be at the school.

Which of the following is an example of a COMPLEX sentence?