Read the passage. Then write the answers to the questions that follow it.

Here was a flesh and blood man [poet Walt Whitman], belching and laughing and sweating in poems.

Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex?

Write the adjective and adverb clauses in the following sentence. After the clause, write the word or words that it modifies.

Humans aren't the only ones who have family trees.

In the sentence below, identify the underlined subordinate clause as an adjective clause, adverb clause, or noun clause.

People of all ages are learning $\underline{\text{{how they can research their family history}}}$.

Rewrite this paragraph by following the directions below it.

The Brady Bunch Movie shows how out of place the Brady family is in the $1990$s. They are stuck in the $1970$s. The family has sack races on the lawn. They still wear polyester clothes. Middle sister Jan plots to make older sister Marcia look ugly. Marcia always remains beautiful. The Bradys' neighbor hates them. He tries to force them to move. The Bradys raise enough money to save their home.

Combine the first and the second sentence to form a complex sentence by turning the second sentence into a subordinate clause.

Diagram the following sentence. Look for different types of clause.

Blended families, which include children from each parent's previous marriage, are more common now.

Replace the underlined word in each sentence with an appropriate noun clause from the fifth given options.

Recent studies show $\underline{\text{{something}}}$.

a. that it's easier to share with others

b. whichever expert you read

c. how much they talk with adults

d. that being an only child has its advantages

e. whoever is an only child

Choose the letter of the term that identifies each numbered part of this passage.

Many people $\overset{\text{(1)}}{{\underline{\text{who attend rock concerts}}}}$ in the Los Angeles area are amazed by one performer, Eloise Baugh. $\overset{\text{(2)}}{{\underline{\text{The 83-year-old grandmother introduces the main acts by break dancing and singing rap music}}}}$. She looks like the main act $\overset{\text{(3)}}{{\underline{\text{when she performs}}}}$. $\overset{\text{(4)}}{{\underline{\text{She spins on the floor to wild applause; she springs to her feet and hears the crowd roar}}}}$. $\overset{\text{(5)}}{{\underline{\text{That a woman in her 80 s can break dance}}}}$ astounds younger people. She usually gives $\overset{\text{(6)}}{{\underline{\text{whoever sits in the first row}}}}$ a few "Break Dancin' Grannie” T-shirts. $\overset{\text{(7)}}{{\underline{\text{Eloise also writes many of her own rap lyrics, although her granddaughter helps her to select the music}}}}$. She credits break dancing, $\overset{\text{(8)}}{{\underline{\text{which is vigorous exercise}}}}$, for keeping her limber. $\overset{\text{(9)}}{{\underline{\text{Whatever else Eloise may do}}}}$, she has proved $\overset{\text{(10)}}{{\underline{\text{that "old" doesn't mean "slow".}}}}$

A adjective clause

B. adverb clause

C. independent clause

D. noun clause

Draw one line under each compound subject and two lines under the simple predicate they share. Circle the conjunction or conjunctions.
Mr. Tanaka, Tessa, and Lani will make short speeches.

Underline the pronoun in parentheses that correctly completes each sentence. Then write the type of sentence in the blank: simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
_____Mikasi and Poloma brought their golf clubs, even though (she, they) do not expect to have time to play more than nine holes.

Identify each simple subject and each simple predicate in the following sentences. Be sure to include all parts of a verb phrase and all parts of a compound subject or verb.

Will you lend me some change for the telephone, please?

Draw one line under each compound subject and two lines under the simple predicate they share. Circle the conjunction or conjunctions.
Either Ms. Jenkins or Mr. Rodriguez will preside at the meeting.

Draw one line under each simple subject and two lines under each compound predicate in the following sentence.
Set designers create and develop the proper atmosphere for the play.

Draw one line under each compound subject and two lines under the simple predicate they share. Circle the conjunction or conjunctions.
Interest and enthusiasm for drama clubs are their topics.

Choose any five simple cations and any five polyatomic anions, and write the formulas for all possible co mpounds between the cations and the anions. Give the name of each compound.