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Conjunctions, Prepositions & Clauses

Grade 4 · Stretch challenge · 8 questions · Version PG-4ZWDWI-15HB

1.

Identify the conjunction: Unless demand changes, price may remain steady.

2.

Identify the prepositional phrase: at the polls

3.

Identify one clause: The river rose after snow melted.

4.

Identify the conjunction: The habitat changed; therefore, animals moved.

5.

Identify the prepositional phrase: in the archive

6.

Identify one clause: The habitat changed; therefore, animals moved.

7.

Identify the conjunction: We revised the model because one beam bent.

8.

Identify the prepositional phrase: across sources

Answers and teaching notes

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  1. Identify the conjunction: Unless demand changes, price may remain steady.Unless
  2. Identify the prepositional phrase: at the pollsat the polls
  3. Identify one clause: The river rose after snow melted.after snow melted
  4. Identify the conjunction: The habitat changed; therefore, animals moved.therefore
  5. Identify the prepositional phrase: in the archivein the archive
  6. Identify one clause: The habitat changed; therefore, animals moved.The habitat changed
  7. Identify the conjunction: We revised the model because one beam bent.because
  8. Identify the prepositional phrase: across sourcesacross sources

Worked example

Identify each word group's job before joining or punctuating clauses.

Common mistake

Calling every word group a clause even without a subject or verb.

Helpful hint

A clause has both a subject and a verb.