1. PHRASES & CLAUSES
GRAMMAR REVIEW #3

2. PHRASE
two or more words functioning together and not having a subject or verb
beside the gate
to wash windows
searching for his glove
PHRASE

3. a group of words having a subject and a verb
CLAUSE
a group of words having a subject and a verb
birds fly
because birds fly
watching bird fly
CLAUSE

4. a clause that can stand alone as a sentence
DEPENDENT CLAUSE
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
a clause that cannot stand alone and is used as a art of speech in a sentence
Because birds fly, we washed the car.
That birds fly is a fact of nature.
a clause that can stand alone as a sentence
Birds fly.
Birds are free.

5. Smashing into a fence
WHAT AM I?

6. Eat cookies
WHAT AM I?

7. Between left and right
WHAT AM I?

8. When the saints go marching in
WHAT AM I?

9. WHO LEFT AFTER CLASS
WHAT AM I?

10. After she smiled at him
WHAT AM I?

11. We went back to work
WHAT AM I?

12. But bacon is delicious
WHAT AM I?

13. The plane is delayed
WHAT AM I?

14. To find pickles
WHAT AM I?

15. Who left the game
WHAT AM I?

16. If it looks like rain
WHAT AM I?

17. Which was hurt
WHAT AM I?