Quiz for Lessons 246 - 250 Parts of the Sentence - Compound
Sentences Instructions: Tell whether the words in quotation
marks are independent clauses, dependent clauses, prepositional
phrases, participial phrases, gerund phrases, or infinitive
phrases. 1. Do not leave for help "until I signal you." 2. "Here
are the plants" that you wanted. 3. I remained "staring at the
damage" when help arrived. 4. "Having learned the outcome," I
was at a loss "to know what to do." 5. The neighbors stared "at
me" in unbelief. Instructions: Combine the following sentences
with the appropriate co-ordinate conjunctions. 6. I turned on my
radio. There was no sound. 7. The storm had ended. The sun
peeked out from the clouds. 8. I did not attend the meeting.
John didn't either. 9. You must leave soon. You will be late for
class. 10. A phrase has neither a verb nor a subject. The clause
has both. --For answers scroll down. 1. until I signal you =
dependent clause 2. Here are the plants = independent clause 3.
staring at the damage =