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25 Cards in this Set
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"Winning the lottery" is her latest impossible dream.
(a) phrase, or (B) clause? |
(a) clause
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While climbing over the dence, "he tore his trousers".
(a) phrase, or (B) clause? |
(B) clause
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"Please wait!"
(a) phrase, or (B) clause? |
(b) clause
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"Waiting all evening for the ice cream truck."
(a) phrase, or (B) clause? |
(a) phrase
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She chose "to follow the crowd".
(a) phrase, or (B) clause? |
(a) phrase
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To walk in space had been her lifelong dream, "but the accident changed all her plans".
(a) phrase, or (B) clause? |
(b) clause
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He tumbled "into the great void of mediocrity".
(a) phrase, or (B) clause? |
(a) phrase
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"The judge said" she disagreed.
(a) phrase, or (B) clause? |
(A) phrase
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"Lifting all those bricks" for the past seven weeks caused his back injury.
(a) dependent clause (b) prepositional phrase (c) gerund phrase |
(c) gerund phrase
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"The Essex was a famous naval warship."
(a) independent clause (b) complete sentence (c) both A and B are correct |
(c) both A and B are correct
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The story "that you submitted to 'Hamster Self Esteem'" has been rejected.
(a) subordinate clause (b) participle phrase (C) independent clause |
(a) subordinate clause
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"After the cat died", the owner bought a parrot.
(a) noun clause (b) adjective clause (c) adverb clause |
(c) adverb clause
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He is worried "about the final portion of the bar exam."
(a) noun clause (b) prepositional phrase (c) participial phrase |
(b) prepostional phrase
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"That this tax bill survived a committee hearing without a substantial opposition" proves that miracles can happen.
(a) noun clause (b) independent clause (c) gerund phrase |
(A) noun clause
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In the poor light, "she was unable to identify" wh the burglar was.
(a) participial phrase (b) subordinate clause (c) independent clause |
(c) independent clause
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"With all his remaining strength", he managed to free himself from the jaws of the crocodile.
(a) prepositional phrase (b) participial phrase (c) infinitive phrase |
(a) prepositional phrase
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I just can't figure out how "to become a post-modernist".
(a) clause (b) infinitive phrase (c) participial phrase |
(b) infinitive phrase
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Denver, "the so-called 'mile-high city'" has a serious pollution problem.
(a) restrictive clause (b) participial phrase (c) appositive phrase |
(c) appositive phrase
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"Senator Smith says" she is upbeat about her re-election chances.
(a) dependent clause (b) independent clause (c) sentence fragment |
(b) independent clause
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"Making ice sculptures in Arizona" is her kind of challenge.
(a) gerund clause (b) participial phrase (c) gerund phrase |
(c) gerund phrase
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After the grueling winter triathlon in North Dakota, he vowed "never to compete again".
(a) dependent clause (b) infinitive phrase (c) participial phrase |
(b) infinitive phrase
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The federal auditors, "lugging bulging trunks of corporate reports", began their investigation thir morning.
(a) participial phrase (b) appositive phrase (c) subordinate clause |
(a) participial phrase
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Thompson said he destroyed the evidence "by eating it".
(a) gerund phrase, as object of preposition (b) adverbial phrase (v) both A and B are correct |
(a) gerund phrase, an object of preposition
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By thet ime "the inning ended", the Mets had scored 17 runs.
(a) participia phrase (b) subordinate clause (c) independent clause |
(b) subordinate clause
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The company's claim is harmful "because it overstates revenues".
(a) independent clause (b) gerund phrase (c) dependent clause |
(c) dependent clause
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