Is win” a gerund or an infinitive? infinitive “to An INDEPENDENT CLAUSE must sound complete and must be able to stand alone as a full sentence. Decide whether each example below is an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE (answer YES or NO): That human and monkey DNA are very similar. NO Researchers discovered something. YES If I get a good grade in my science class. NO For numbers 5 and 7, point out that if you just delete the and the they will both be “That” “If,” independent clauses. Wordplay Just for fun! – VOWEL COMBINATOR: The vowel combination can sound like the “ow” hard in or the in List as many words as you can that “O” “go” “ow” “wow.” contain making the hard sound. “ow” “O” Read the following excerpt from Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and then answer the following questions: (a) Mama and Papa never spoke of Lise. They never opened the trunk. (b) But Annemarie did, when she was alone in the apartment; alone, (c) she touched Lise’s things gently, remembering her soft-spoken sister (d) who had looked forward so to marriage and children of her own. How many independent clauses does line (a) contain? 2 Is the underlined portion of line (b) an independent clause? NO Is the underlined portion of line (c) an independent clause? YES Is the underlined portion of line (d) an independent clause? NO
Is “to win” a gerund or an infinitive? infinitive An INDEPENDENT CLAUSE must sound complete and must be able to stand alone as a full sentence. Decide whether each example below is an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE (answer YES or NO): That human and monkey DNA are very similar. NO Researchers discovered something. YES If I get a good grade in my science class. NO For numbers 5 and 7, point out that if you just delete the “That” and the “If,” they will both be independent clauses. Wordplay – Just for fun! VOWEL COMBINATOR: The vowel combination “ow” can sound like the hard “O” in “go” or the “ow” in “wow.” List as many words as you can that contain “ow” making the hard “O” sound. Read the following excerpt from Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and then answer the following questions: (a) Mama and Papa never spoke of Lise. They never opened the trunk. (b) But Annemarie did, when she was alone in the apartment; alone, (c) she touched Lise’s things gently, remembering her soft-spoken sister (d) who had looked forward so to marriage and children of her own. How many independent clauses does line (a) contain? 2 Is the underlined portion of line (b) an independent clause? NO Is the underlined portion of line (c) an independent clause? YES Is the underlined portion of line (d) an independent clause? NO
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