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Review: Clauses, Modifiers and Sentence Variety

Apply distinguish phrase and clause, name a sentence shape, diagnose modifier placement, use coordinate adjective punctuation using supplied texts and original responses.

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Unit review questions
1. Original excerpt A: Although Lea arrived. Use excerpt A only. Which structure is supplied?
Need a hint?
  • Because it rained is dependent.
  • Having a verb-like -ing word alone does not create a finite clause.
2. Original excerpt B: Jo read and checked the card. Use excerpt B only. Which sentence shape is supported by the excerpt?
Need a hint?
  • Two verbs can share one subject in a simple sentence.
  • Length alone does not decide sentence type.
3. Original excerpt C: Running late, the bus seemed faster; intended runner is Lea, absent from the main clause. Use excerpt C only. What modifier condition is shown in the words?
Need a hint?
  • Walking home, Jo saw rain is attached to Jo.
  • Walking home, the rain began makes rain the apparent walker.
4. Original excerpt D: An old ___ brick wall; age and material are cumulative here. Use excerpt D only. What punctuation treatment fits the supplied adjective relationship?
Need a hint?
  • A quiet, peaceful room uses coordinate adjectives.
  • A small red bag does not need a comma between cumulative adjectives.

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Make a short complete response demonstrating the four skills in this unit. Combine: It rained. Jo waited. Lea arrived. Produce one compound and one complex sentence. Correct Walking home, the rain began to While Jo was walking home, the rain began. Add one pair of coordinate adjectives with a comma and explain the and test. Longer writing targets in optional extensions can be completed in a later session.

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  • Locate the subject and finite verb, then test whether the group can stand alone. Notice subordinating words.
  • Count independent and dependent clauses separately. Do not count every noun or comma as a clause.
  • Ask who or what performs the modifier’s action. Check the subject immediately following an introductory participial phrase.
  • Use the explicit adjective relationship and test and or reversal for coordinate adjectives. Place punctuation accordingly.
Compare with a model response

Compound: It rained, and Jo waited; Lea arrived. This connects three complete clauses without a subordinate one. Complex: Jo waited while it rained and until Lea arrived. Here Jo waited is independent, while it rained and until Lea arrived are dependent time clauses. Modifier repair: While Jo was walking home, the rain began; Jo, not rain, is the walker. Coordinate adjectives: a quiet, peaceful room allows quiet and peaceful and reversing the two descriptions. Small red bag is cumulative and does not need that same comma pattern.

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