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Worksheet: Azar: Understanding and Using English Grammar, Chart 13-1, 13-4, 13-14
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES AND ADJECTIVE PHRASES
Directions:
Circle the correct answer.
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A clause is a group of related words that contains:
a. a subject
b. a verb
c. both a and b
2.
A phrase is a group of related words that does not contain:
a. a noun +verb
b. a subject + verb
c. a subject + subject
d. all of the above
3.
The following sentence is an example of a (n) __________.
“The girl who is sitting next to Cassandra is Maria.”
a. adjective clause
b. adjective phrase
c. incomplete sentence
4.
If you reduce an adjective clause to an adjective phrase, it would look like
this:
a. The boy plays the piano is Albert.
b. The boy who is playing the piano is Albert.
c. The boy playing the piano is Albert.
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Worksheet: Azar: Understanding and Using English Grammar, Chart 13-1, 13-4, 13-14
5.
Which of the following is correct?
a. Paris the capital of France is an exciting city.
b. Paris, who is the capital of France, is an exciting city.
c. Paris, the capital of France, is an exciting city.
6.
Patrick is a person _____.
a. in that I don’t have much confidence.
b. I don’t have much confidence.
c. in whom I don’t have much confidence.
Linette Rodriguez and Cassandra Delva
Miami Dade College
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