Name:_____________________________________________
Mrs. Daniel Block _______________________________
English 11H
Date:______________________________________________
Final Phrases & Clauses Review
Part I: Prepositional Phrases Review. Write three sentences that contain prepositional phrases.
For each of your sentences, identify the prepositional phrase, the preposition, and the object of the
preposition.
1. Your sentence:
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Prepositional phrase: _______________________________________________________________________
Preposition: __________________________________________________________________________________
Object of the Preposition: ___________________________________________________________________
2. Your sentence:
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Prepositional phrase: _______________________________________________________________________
Preposition: __________________________________________________________________________________
Object of the Preposition: ___________________________________________________________________
3. Your sentence:
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Prepositional phrase: _______________________________________________________________________
Preposition: __________________________________________________________________________________
Object of the Preposition: ___________________________________________________________________
Part II: Appositive Phrases Review. For the following sentences underline the appositive phrase,
identify it as being essential or nonessential, and identify the word it identifies or renames.
4. The sprinter Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in
a single Olympics.
Type of Appositive Phrase:__________________________________________________________________
Word it renames/identifies: ________________________________________________________________
5. Rudolph grew up in a large family in Tennessee, the Volunteer State.
Type of Appositive Phrase:__________________________________________________________________
Word it renames/identifies: ________________________________________________________________
6. Polio, a viral illness, left the young Rudolph unable to walk.
Type of Appositive Phrase:__________________________________________________________________
Word it renames/identifies: ________________________________________________________________
7. The Rudolphs, a loving and determined family, helped Wilma overcome her disability.
Type of Appositive Phrase:__________________________________________________________________
Word it renames/identifies: ________________________________________________________________
Part III: Clauses. For the following sentences, underline the independent clause once, the
dependent clause twice, and circle the subordinating conjunction.
1. While some scientists map the human genome, others map the genes of simpler animals.
2. They started with viruses and with bacteria.
3. Some biologists study a worm called Caenorhabditis elegans because it has a nervous system
like that of complex animals.
4. Scientists can learn much from this particular worm because it shares many genes with
humans.
5. Before we watch a movie, I want to review our reading from last class.
Part IV: A Quick Review
1. Clauses are different from phrases because a clause contains both a ____________________________
and a _______________________________.
2. The ___________________________ of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about, while the
predicate is the ____________________________ or _________________________________.
3. Nonessential appositive phrases contain _______________________________; essential appositive
phrases do not.
4. An independent clause can stand alone as a _____________________________________. Dependent
clauses are joined to independent clauses by a
________________________________________________________.