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Phrase Practice 2
Which of the following groups of words are phrases? Which are clauses? Label each one. Review the previous page if you have difficulty.
1. thinking about how to make a million dollars
2. he stayed up all night, thinking about to make a million dollars
3. cell phone screens are getting bigger
4. my girlfriend loves me
5. the girl who loves me
6. bone-crunching and neck-snapping
7. a taste that I share with many others
8. the desk near the window
9. he has a favorite place to study, the desk near the window
10. she was waiting by the cafe
11. her friend standing in the comer
12. the book that I bought yesterday
13. cruising down Telegraph Ave on his bike
14. he got a flat tire
15. cruising down Telegraph Ave on his bike, he got a flat tire
16. her hair blowing in the wind
17. she ran to catch the bus before it left, her hair blowing in the wind
18. a world in which no one trusts anyone else
Examples:
trying to get favorites on instagram
she posted selfies, trying to get favorites on instagram
who always sits at the same table at Starbucks
she saw the man who always sits at the same table at Starbucks
phrase clause phrase clause