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Conjunctions, Prepositions & Clauses

Grade 4 · Stretch challenge · 8 questions · Version PG-3BYRQO-15HB

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1.Identify the conjunction: While producers make goods, consumers choose.
2.Identify the prepositional phrase: with a ruler
3.Identify one clause: The habitat changed; therefore, animals moved.
4.Identify the conjunction: The source is old, but its details are useful.
5.Identify the prepositional phrase: inside the lab
6.Identify one clause: While producers make goods, consumers choose.
7.Identify the conjunction: We revised the model because one beam bent.
8.Identify the prepositional phrase: beyond the valley

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  1. Identify the conjunction: While producers make goods, consumers choose.While
  2. Identify the prepositional phrase: with a rulerwith a ruler
  3. Identify one clause: The habitat changed; therefore, animals moved.The habitat changed
  4. Identify the conjunction: The source is old, but its details are useful.but
  5. Identify the prepositional phrase: inside the labinside the lab
  6. Identify one clause: While producers make goods, consumers choose.While producers make goods
  7. Identify the conjunction: We revised the model because one beam bent.because
  8. Identify the prepositional phrase: beyond the valleybeyond the valley

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.