Practice: Short Answer

Write a brief response to the questions below. For help with this topic, see Chapter 7 in Working With Words, 9e.

Question 7.1

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What do phrases, clauses and sentences have in common?

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Question 7.2

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What’s the difference between a phrase and a clause?

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Question 7.3

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What’s the difference between a clause and a sentence?

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Question 7.4

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What are the two principal kinds of clauses?

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Question 7.5

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What are the two kinds of dependent clauses?

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Question 7.6

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What do the terms restrictive and nonrestrictive mean?

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Question 7.7

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What are the four kinds of sentences, classified by form?

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Question 7.8

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Write a simple sentence.

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Question 7.9

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Now, add a second thought to it in the form of an independent clause to make a compound sentence.

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Question 7.10

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Next, go back to your original simple sentence in Chapter 8 and add a dependent clause to it to make a complex sentence.

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Question 7.11

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Finally, combine your compound and complex sentences to make a single compound-complex one.

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Question 7.12

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Write a complex sentence with a subordinate clause.

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Question 7.13

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Now, write a complex sentence with a relative clause.

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