For tomorrow, read this article below on phrases and clauses. This will help you prepare for the lesson. Then try the exerciseStart to tackle some of the online sentence fluency exercises for practice for next Thursday's test. This is not compulsory, but you should try all these exercises before next Friday's Sentence Fluency Test
http://eslbee.com/cgi-bin/quiztest.cgi?helenkeller compound/complex practice
http://itech.pjc.edu/writinglab/senpat.htm compound/complex practice
http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Orange%20Level/Orange_Level_Quiz_4_Clauses_&_Phrases.html phrases and clausesThis video gives details on clauses - phrases are just without the subject or verb or both
36 comments:
this helps me a lot. thank you.
wyatt
Mr. buxton after doing this excerise, i don't understand the difference bewtween a clause and a phrase can you explain to me.
so a phrase isn't a sentence, it's just and idea, right?
and it doesn't have a subject also, right
i am not sure either
The one about Helen Keller helped me the most.
I think a phrase is an idea.
Yea i think it may be a idea but it just really confused me!
phrase - not a complete thought - missing subject or verb or both
eg. In five mins or for breakfast, during the game
clause - a sentence (independent clause) or not a sentence but has both a subject and verb (dependent clause)
when he came, for her party
this help?
we will also review these tomorrow
are we aloud to use our notes on the exercise?
that exercise helped me a lot. now i understand clauses a lot more!
on the second practice thing on the bottom of the post, number 5 is wrong. the scntence is:
Because it was raining, the baseball game was postponed.
it's a complex sentence not a simple sentence!
am i right?
Mr. Buxton, I reviewed the websites you posted on the blog. Here are my examples of phrases and clauses.
Phrases: Mr. Buxton's sentences
my beautiful lamp
Independent Clauses: Mr. Buxton WRITES sentences on the board. (Independent Clause)
Look at that beautiful lamp! (Independent Clause)
Dependent Clauses: Mr. Buxton writes
because my beautiful lamp broke
kennedy fertitta- if you watch the video at the bottom of todays homework all your questions will be answered. trust me it will.
kennedy- your welcome and sorry i didnt put my name on the last comment i made
Breck, I had that same problem. I'm pretty sure it's complex.
Yes Beck, a phrase doesn't have a subject or a predicate.
Thanks Mr. Buxton i think i understand now. So a independent clause must have a verb right and a pharase doesn't? Tell me if i am wrong.
does a dependent claus ALWAYS have to begin with because or also a fanboy?!
Colin, a phrase has either a missing noun, a missing verb, or it is missing both. It cannot have subject and a verb together, or it will become an independent clause, or a dependent one.
Mr. Buxton! I got in! Also I have 1 question, do we have any tests in writing, reading, or social st.?
what is the last question on our math hw
we do not i think
Thanks for the answer Shophie. The last question on our math WS is what would be the easyest to collect a million of, a pennie,nickle,dime, or quarter.
Janie- no fanboys in dependent clauses. and NO. ... why is this?
Gauruv- last dependent clause was wrong! why?
welcome to the virtual learning wolrd Matigan - You already know the answer to your question
Breck - you're right
Takiya - I think you know enough to answer your own question!
Bekah - you're right.
I THINK IT'S STARTING TO CLICK - Now we can really learn something new :-)
Takiya, you were right about the phrase part. Also, a phrase sometimes has no noun. A clause is either a complete sentence, or combination of a noun and a verb that can stand alone as a sentence. If it is a dependent clause, then it has a verb and noun combination that conveys an idea but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. Hope this helps and I hope I'm right too!
thank you matigan
break, how are you?
Thank you mr. Buxton . I got confused because of the BECAUSE in the beginning of my sentence. I thought adding this before a sentence would make it dependent.
Mr. Buxton, I worked so hard but I got in! So a phrase doesn't have subject?
Since a phrase isn't a sentence do you put a period at the end?
I watched the video and it really explained A LOT it really makes since now!
Now I get Clauses a lo t more
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