6.(Climbing so slowly they seem immobile) is how sloths spend their days.
7.(Sam and Dean were shocked to find they both enjoyed playing soccer.)
10.Meat (that is produced organically) is often quite expensive.
11.I was in a hurry so I ate (a cold dish of cereal) as I was walking out the door.
12.The wonderful thing about this acapella group is (that they all sing harmony so well.)
my answers
6.b
7.d
10.d
11.d
12.a
Answer choices?
6.prepositional phrase
gerund phrase
participial phrase
appositive phrase
7.subordinate clause
noun clause
simple sentence
complex sentence
10.independent clause
adverbial clause
subordinate clause
adjectival clause
11.misplaced modifier
noun clause
simple sentence
adjectival clause
12.noun clause
compound sentence
adverbial clause
misplaced modifier
sorry thought i added them.
All are correct. :-)
Thanks so much Ms. Sue!
You're very welcome.
To answer the questions:
6. (Climbing so slowly they seem immobile) is how sloths spend their days.
In this sentence, we are describing how sloths spend their days. The phrase in parentheses gives additional information about the speed at which sloths climb. The word that corresponds to this additional information is "how." The main clause of the sentence is "is," which means we need a verb to complete the sentence. The answer is option (b) that replaces the phrase in parentheses with a verb: "Climbing so slowly they seem immobile is how sloths spend their days."
7. (Sam and Dean were shocked to find they both enjoyed playing soccer.)
In this sentence, we have a subordinating conjunction "to find" which introduces a dependent clause. The main clause of the sentence is "Sam and Dean were shocked," and the dependent clause provides additional information about what they were shocked to find. The dependent clause starts with the word "they," indicating that it needs a subject. The answer is option (d) that adds a subject to the dependent clause: "Sam and Dean were shocked to find that they both enjoyed playing soccer."
10. Meat (that is produced organically) is often quite expensive.
The phrase in parentheses provides additional information about the type of meat being referred to in the sentence. It acts as a relative clause, indicating that we need to replace it with a relative pronoun. The answer is option (d) that replaces the phrase in parentheses with the relative pronoun "which": "Meat which is produced organically is often quite expensive."
11. I was in a hurry so I ate (a cold dish of cereal) as I was walking out the door.
In this sentence, we have a subordinating conjunction "so" which introduces a dependent clause. The main clause of the sentence is "I was in a hurry," and the dependent clause provides additional information about what the speaker did because they were in a hurry. The dependent clause starts with the word "I," indicating that it needs a subject. The answer is option (d) that adds a subject to the dependent clause: "I was in a hurry so I ate a cold dish of cereal as I was walking out the door."
12. The wonderful thing about this acapella group is (that they all sing harmony so well.)
In this sentence, we have an adjective phrase describing the subject "thing" using the phrase in parentheses. The phrase starts with the word "that," indicating that it acts as a noun clause. To complete the sentence, we need to replace the phrase in parentheses with a noun or noun phrase. The answer is option (a) that replaces the phrase in parentheses with a noun: "The wonderful thing about this acapella group is their ability to all sing harmony so well."