Connecting Sentences and Clauses

Read the sentences. The night was cold and windy. We stayed outside to study the constellations. Which revision correctly uses a conjunctive adverb to link the two ideas?

a. Our breath frosted the night air; nevertheless, we lingered outside to study the constellations.

Which is a complex sentence?

a. They will not defeat their enemy until they come up with a better strategy.

Read the sentence. We journaled about our adventure. This is an independent clause because it contains

a. a complete thought.

Which are conjunctive adverbs? Check all that apply.

a. also d. however e. then

Read the phrase. meanwhile, with the golden and yellow How should the writer revise the phrase to make it a clause?

a. by adding a subject and a verb

Read the passage. The rocket is fully fueled, and the liftoff is scheduled for next week. The journey to the space station should take five hours, but it could take longer. The mission control team is very experienced, so the launch should go smoothly. How can the passage best be described?

b. It has all compound sentences.

Read the sentences. The concert attendees roared their approval. The band played a new song. Which revision uses a subordinating conjunction to combine the two sentences?

b. The concert attendees roared their approval while the band played a new song.

Read the sentence. A hedge of rosemary and lavender surrounded the herb garden. What must the writer add to the sentence above in order to create a compound sentence?

b. a coordinating conjunction and an independent clause

Read the sentence. Then, like fluffy bits of cotton candy, the pink clouds floated away until they disappeared from view when they passed the horizon. Which section of the sentence is an independent clause?

b. the pink clouds floated away

Which are independent clauses? Check all that apply.

b. they decided to take a long walk c. we were able to arrive on schedule e. he was unsure how to proceed

Which is a compound sentence?

c. I painted my bedroom beige, but my sister painted her room blue.

Read the passage. On our way home, we passed a meadow surrounded by trees. We stopped to look at the beautiful wildflowers. I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer. A fawn nibbled on the grass, while its mother stood sentinel. Which sentence from the passage is a compound sentence?

c. I walked toward the trees, and I saw two deer.

Read the sentences. The inventor initially struggled to solve the problem. She discovered an ingenious solution. Which revision uses a coordinating conjunction to combine the sentences?

c. The inventor initially struggled to solve the problem, but she discovered an ingenious solution.

Which is an example of a dependent clause?

c. as the storm approaches from the north

Read the sentence. We study mythology. What should the writer add to the end of the sentence in order to create a complex sentence?

c. if we have free time in the afternoon.

Read the passage. Recently, in the waning dark hours just before dawn, the mother raccoon clambered up the side of the tree, where she proceeded to chew a hole in the trunk. The next evening, she moved into the tree with her two cubs. Which section of the passage is a dependent clause?

c. where she proceeded to chew a hole in the trunk

Read the dependent clause. after the conversation with her publisher, when she decided to write an autobiography Which revision changes the dependent clause into an independent clause?

d. After the conversation with her publisher, she decided to write an autobiography.

A(n) ____________________ makes clauses dependent.

subordinating conjunction