paoladelarosa http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:09:29 -0600 paoladelarosa http://static.nireblog.com/imagenes/logo.png http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com http://nireblog.com Differetiate among all three http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/06/06/differetiate-among-all-three http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/06/06/differetiate-among-all-three Now it is your chance to prove how much you have learned about the three kinds of clauses.

Go to the following sites:

http://www.dailygrammar.com/emails/Quiz%20276-280.htm

http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/rvnaacls.html

After going through the sites, do the following:

  • Open MS Word
  • Write nine sentences with dependent clauses.
  • Underline the dependent clauses with the hihglighting tool.
  • Write the kind of clause it is with italics below each sentence.
  • Save the file with your name
  • send it to my e-mail address.  My e-mail is in the CORREO part of the blog.

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]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:12:36 -0600 Noun Clauses http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/06/06/noun-clauses http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/06/06/noun-clauses Noun clauses act in the same way other nouns act.  They can act as the subject of a sentence, predicate nominate, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, and appositive or appositive phrase.  They usually have a subordinating conjunction that introduces them.

Go to the following sites to learn more about noun clauses. 

http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/nounclauses/nounclause.htm

http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/nounclauses/nclauseqwfib.htm

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/clause.htm

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]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:56:31 -0600 Adverb Clauses http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/06/06/adverb-clauses http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/06/06/adverb-clauses Adverb clauses act in the same way that adverbs function. They describe verbs, adverbs, or adjectives.  They answer the questions how?, where?, when?, why?, and to what extent?

Go to the following sites to learn more  about adverb clauses.

http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/adverb_clauses_ex.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ppt/clauses.pps

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/advcls.htm

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]]> Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:22:18 -0600 Adjective Clauses http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/05/31/adjective-clauses http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/05/31/adjective-clauses Adjective clauses describe nouns or pronouns in the sentence in the same way that any adjective or adjective phrase does.  An adjective clause answers the questions  which one? what kind? how much? or how many?

Go the following link to learn about adjectival clauses:

Copy and paste each of the following links on your search box to learn more and do some exercises related to adjective clauses

http://www.towson.edu/ows/AdvAdjNomClause.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adj1.htm

 http://buckhoff.topcities.com/adjective_clauses.htm#Adjective%20clause%20connectors:%20%20Quiz%201

 http://eslbee.com/cgi-bin/quiztest.cgi?adjectiveclauses

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]]> Sat, 31 May 2008 08:21:01 -0600 Types of Dependent Clauses http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/05/31/types-of-dependent-clauses http://paoladelarosa.nireblog.com/post/2008/05/31/types-of-dependent-clauses Throughout the week we will be learning about types of dependent clauses: adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and noun clauses.

Have fun learning about the kinds of clauses by clicking on each day of the week in the categories section.

Each day you will have to write a summary of what you learned regarding clauses by writing a comment on the ESCRIBIR COMENTARIOS section.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwcq0J6CfC8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du4BHvFIi6w

http://www.school-house-rock.com/conjunction.htm

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_clause.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/indep_clause_quiz.htm

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