Answers for More Phrases and Clauses

1.  under the desk  (phrase)

2. the brown squirrel with the bushy tail  (phrase)

3. foxes are becoming rarer in our area   (independent clause)

3b. since foxes are becoming rarer in our area   (dependent clause)

4.  Susan went to the orthodontist yesterday   (independent clause)

4b.  Although Susan went to the orthodontist yesterday   (dependent clause)

5. running through the halls (phrase)

6. slippery brown eels in the aquarium   (phrase)

7. books rock   (independent clause)
7b. even though books rock  (dependent clause)

8. when pigs fly onto our rooftops    (dependent clause)

8b.  pigs fly onto our rooftops    (independent clause)

9. to laugh at the kids who fall  (phrase)

10. flowers bloom   (independent clause)

11. snow falls   (independent clause)

12. if snow falls   (dependent clause)


13. unless the principal allows hats   (dependent clause)

13b. the principal allows hats    (independent clause)

14. that girl is trying to get all A's     (independent clause)

14b.  because  that girl is trying to get all A's     (dependent clause)