English: Phrases and Clauses

 Quiz: Answer the following questions -

    1. Does a phrase contain a subject that acts through a verb?
    2. What is missing from a sentence with a dangling modifier?
    3. Is "but" a coordinating or a subordinating conjunction?
    4. Rewrite this sentence so the modifier is clear: "Before they melted the kids decorated the snowmen."
    5. Can a dependent clause work as its own sentence?
    6. State all the coordinating conjunctions.
    7. How many independent clauses does a simple sentence have?
    8. What type of sentence has a dependent clause -- a compound sentence or a complex sentence?
    9. What must any clause contain?
    10. Which of these is NOT a kind of clause? Adverb clause, verb clause, noun clause, adjective clause

Other work: please continue your character sketches. This time, start sketching out your antagonist and the protagonist's helper, using the same form from Monday's class.