Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after the clause below:
... November 11th was Remembrance Day...
1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause
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1. Lest we forget, November 11th was Remembrance Day.
2. November 11th was Remembrance Day, therefore we honored our soldiers who fought for our freedom.
3. My children had a ceremony at school on November 7th as November 11th was Remembrance Day.
Tammy: #1--a good idea, but that's a clause; #2--yes, but think about the punctuation; #3--that's a dependent clause.
1. As November 11th was Remembrance Day we shared a moment of silence at 11:00 am.
2. My children had a ceremony at school on November 7th as November 11th was Remembrance Day.
3. November 11th was Remembrance Day; We remembered those who fought for our freedom.
1. November 11th was Remembrance Day so there was a moment of silence at 11:00 am.
Tammy: That's still s clause--it has a subject and a verb.
Oh gosh, apparently no problem creating a clause.
November 11th was Remembrance Day; there was no school this day.
Sorry struggling a whole lot with phrases :*)
1. One week after the U.S election, November 11th was Remembrance Day.
2. Unless I am wrong, November 11th was Remembrance Day.
3. November 11th was Remembrance Day, and I took a day off from work.
Tammy: You're still struggling:-( Check the information in the sidebar of the blog.
Richard: Excellent!
November 11th was Remembrance Day, which was a Tuesday.
Tammy: That's a dependent clause--"which" a pronoun that is the subject of the clause; "was" is the verb.
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