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Contents
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Level 3. 2. Clauses - Advanced
Questions
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Includes "so" and "for" as both coordinating and as subordinating conjunctions. |
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Main Clause or Subordinate?
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Punctuation - Subordinate
Clauses as Interjections
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A
Passage for Analysis
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Treasure
Hunt (and/or Recipe Roster): Find and bring to class (and/or
write) a sentence that can be described as having a subordinate clause
that functions as an interjection.
Creating an Exercise: In a story or
book that you like, find three sentences that can be described as having
subordinate clause that function as interjections. For your classmates,
make an exercise with them; for your teacher, make an analysis key. (Remember
that your teacher may use your exercise in future years.) |
| Four Level 5 Constructions: |
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Elaborated Appositives
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The Punctuation
of Appositives
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Rewriting:
MC to SC to Appositive
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A Poem for Analysis
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A Passage for Analysis
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Just for Fun
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A Treasure Hunt for
Appositives: In
a book that you are reading, find five sentences that include an appositive
and make an exercise (with an analysis key). |
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Rewriting:
From Main Clause to Subordinate to PPA
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A Passage for Analysis
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A Treasure Hunt for
Post-positioned Adjectives:
In
a book that you are reading, find five sentences that include a post-positioned
adjective and make an exercise (with an analysis key). |
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Subordinate Clauses as Delayed Subjects
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Delayed Subjects & Sentences
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Mixed
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A Passage for Analysis
This selection includes a level three embedding, all in a delayed subject. |
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Treasure
Hunt (and/or Recipe Roster): Find and bring to class (and/or
write) a sentence that has a delayed subject or sentence.
Creating an Exercise: In a story or
book that you like, find five sentences that have delayed subjects or sentences.
For your classmates, make an exercise (infinitives, subordinate clauses,
or mixed). For your teacher, make an analysis key. (Remember that your
teacher may use your exercise in future years.) |
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Rewriting
from Passive Voice to Active & from Active to Passive
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Retained Complements - Clauses
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Retained Complements - Infinitives
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Retained Complements - Mixed
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Passages for Analysis
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Treasure Hunt:
In
a newspaper, story, or book, find a passage in which the author uses passive
voice more than once. Bring it to class so that you can discuss it with
your classmates. For each passive verb, see if you and your classmates
can explain why the author used passive instead of active. |
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Passages for Analysis
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Style
- Free Sentence-Combining
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There is one gerundive in this joke, but there are several interesting
infinitives, including two that function as predicate nouns, which is statistically
relatively rare. |
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Identification
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The Subjects of Gerunds
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Gerunds - Nouns Used as Adverbs
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A Treasure Hunt for
Gerunds: Find
five sentences that include a gerund and make an exercise (with an analysis
key). |
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Identification
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A
Passage for Analysis
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Exploring
the Punctuation of Gerundives
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| Style - From Main Clause to Subordinate
Clause to Gerundive |
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Style
- Rewriting Gerundives as Finite Verbs and Finite Verbs as Gerundives
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Style
- Free Sentence-Combining
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Just for Fun
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A Treasure Hunt for
Gerundives: Find
five sentences that include a gerundive and make an exercise (with an analysis
key). |
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Identifying Mixed Infinitives
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Subjects of Infinitives
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Infinitives as Subjects and Complements
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As Adjectives or Adverbs (or Interjections)
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Passages for Analysis
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A Treasure Hunt for
Infinitives: Find five sentences that
include an infinitive and make an exercise (with an analysis key). Include
at least one infinitive used as a noun, one as an adverb, and one as an
adjective. |
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Noun Absolutes That Function as Adverbs
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Style
- Rewriting Sentences by Using Noun Absolutes
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Passages for Analysis
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Robert