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Adverb Clauses in Sentences
If you'd like your class to write in varied sentence patterns, use a worksheet focused on adverb clauses to enhance their writing. After reading a short explanation and example of adverb clauses, young grammarians underline the part of...
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Clauses: Building Blocks for Sentences
Colorfully animated and packed with engaging examples, this PowerPoint encourages to employ clauses to create a variety of sentence structures. Peer editing of sample paragraphs would provide an opportunity for guided practice with...
Robin L. Simmons
The Clause
This handy information sheet shows young grammarians how to distinguish among main, subordinate, relative, and noun clauses.
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The Adverb Clause
In this adverb activity, 9th graders study adverb clauses. Students read 20 sentences to identify and circle the adverb clause in each.
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Commas and Introductory Elements: Clauses
Introductory clauses are clauses that come before a main clause. Young grammarians practice adding commas after introductory clauses, specifically adverbial introductory clauses.
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Narrative Writing
Students create new sentences using adverb clauses identified from a book. In this narrative writing lesson, students write new sentences from some of the dependent clauses used in a book read to them by the teacher. Students put the...
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Phrases and Clauses
Clarify the different types of phrases and clauses that young writers can use to vary their sentence structure. A helpful slideshow presentation encourages your class to fix sentences by adding more interesting phrases and clauses,...
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Clauses
Look at the basic parts of a sentence with your class. Definitions of the subject, verb, and various clauses are all included. Clear, succinct examples are given in this thorough presentation. A great way to start off grammar with your...
Santa Barbara City Collage
Connecting Independent and Dependent Clauses
Dependent, independent, coordination, and subordination. Everything you wanted to know about clauses, but were afraid to ask, recorded on this two-page information sheet.
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Clauses and Compound Sentences
Sentence variety is extremely important when it comes to learning the written word. Add variety to your learners' writing by focusing on clauses and compound sentences. The information provided is followed by a practice opportunity to...
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Independent and Dependent Clauses
Have learners identify the main clause, subordinate clause, and relative clause within a sentence. One page of definitions and examples accompanies a page of exercises for scholars to practice finding the various clauses.
San José State University
Independent Clauses in Compound Sentences
Does your class dread using semicolons? Use this resource to join two independent clauses using either a comma, semicolon, or colon. Several examples and six practice sentences are available at the bottom for learners to choose the...
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Reduction of Adverbs Clauses of Reason and Contrast: Worksheet #2
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about reducing adverb clauses to adverbial phrases. They then rewrite 3 sentences on their own using the information they learned.
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Reduction of Adverb Clauses of Time
In this grammar activity, students learn about reducing adverb clauses to adverbial phrases. They then rewrite 4 sentences using what they just learned.
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Subordinate (Dependent) Clause (Noun) Practice
In this noun clause worksheet, young scholars learn to recognize a subordinate or dependent noun clause. Students analyze the examples before identifying the noun clauses in ten sentences.
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Clauses, Verbs, and Phrases
In this grammar worksheet, students read 23 sentences and mark the noun clause, adjective clause, or adverb clause. They read 20 sentences to find a noun phrase, verb phrase, or prepositional phrase.
Teacher Created Resources
Complex Sentences Made Easy
Support scholars' ability to write complex sentences with a two-page worksheet designed to inform and reinforce. Here, learners obtain a brief overview of what a complex sentence is and how one is made; then apply their new-found...
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Combining Sentences: Correct Punctuation of Phrases and Clauses
Break down the particularities of sentence combining with this explanatory handout. Using three example sentences, the handout demonstrates a variety of ways to combine sentences. This resource could act as a reference sheet for your...
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Complex Sentences Made Easy
Take the complexity out of writing complex sentences. Young writers practice taking two ideas and putting them together to make a complex sentence. Create a list of subordinating conjunctions to help each individual make better sentences.
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Semicolons
This is a fabulous worksheet! Grammar enthusiasts practice the art of correctly using a semicolon. They insert a semicolon to combine three independent clauses, three conjunctive adverbs to independent clauses, and to separate items in...
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Clauses
Learners understand that there are different types of clauses and define the differences. In this clauses lesson, students complete activities to practice works with different types of clauses.
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Clauses: The Trilogy
In this clauses review worksheet set, students go over the proper use of the trilogy of clauses. They review noun clauses, adverb clauses, and adjective clauses by reading their definitions and examples of their usage. There are no...
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Dependent or Subordinate Adverb Clauses
In this grammar worksheet, students recognize a dependent or subordinate adverb clause. Students look at ten sentences and determine what the dependent or subordinate adverb clause is, and what word in the independent clause it modifies.
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Subordinate Clauses
For this grammar worksheet, students read about subordinate clauses. Students read about adjective clauses and adverb clauses.