University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Hyper Grammar: Building Clauses
This online grammar guide provides a definition of clauses and how they function in sentences.
Other
Meredith Grammar Review: Clauses & Phrases
This online grammar guide provides instructions and examples on punctuating combinations of phrases and clauses. It also provides interactive exercises throughout the chapter.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Punctuation Patterns
An interactive tutorial that describes and defines basic punctuation patterns in the English language. Includes punctuation of phrase, clauses, and complete sentences.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Adjective Clauses
Defines and provides examples of adjective clauses (defining and nondefining or restrictive and nonrestrictive). Link to exercises.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Adverb Clauses
Defines and provides examples of adverb clauses, a type of dependent clause. Link to exercises.
Learning Farm
Learning Farm: Common Core Standards: Phrases and Clauses
Students will learn about the function of phrases and clauses and their function in specific sentences. Choose test mode or game mode.
Vancouver Island University
Malaspina: Punctuating Between Main Clauses
Four printable exercises in which punctuation errors need to be corrected. 2.1 requires correction of compound sentences by putting in commas or semicolons where needed and getting rid of comma splices. 2.2 requires comma splice...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Study Zone: Using Relative Pronouns
An exercise with five sentences containing adjective clauses. Students choose the correct relative pronoun to introduce the adjective clause in each sentence. Correct answers are identified, and students have the opportunity to try again...
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Practice Distinguishing Clauses
This section of an online grammar guide from the University of Calgary provides a review of and an interactive exercise on identifying how clauses function in sentences (as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs).
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Main & Subordinate Clauses
This page from an online grammar guide from the University of Calgary provides definitions and examples of main and subordinate (independent and dependent) clauses. It also provides an interactive exercise on identifying these types of...
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Sentence Elements: Noun Clauses
This section of an online grammar guide provides instructions and examples for using subordinate (dependent) clauses as nouns in constructing sentences.
Rutgers University
Rutgers Univ.: Guide to Grammar and Style: Dependent Versus Independent Clauses
This site has a section from an online source called the Guide to Grammar and Style which provides an explanation of the difference between dependent and independent clauses.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Learn About Dependent & Independent Clauses
A clause is a group of words that acts as a subject and a group of words that acts as a verb. A clause consists of a subject and a predicate, where the predicate is typically a verb phrase. [0:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Phrases and Clauses
Learn to spot the differences between phrases and clauses.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Relative Clauses
We use relative pronouns to connect descriptive phrases to nouns, creating a relative clause. Test your knowledge of how they work!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dependent and Independent Clauses
Independent clauses can be sentences. Dependent clauses can't! Let's take a deeper dive into what that looks like in this exercise.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Phrase and Clause Placement
Choose the best placement for the phrase or clause in the sentences provided!
English Plus+
Subordinate Clause
Definition of subordinate (dependent) clause. Links to complete glossary.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Relative Clause
The section of this site dedicated to the relative clause provides the user with skills to be able to recognize relative clauses through a list of relative pronouns and relative adjectives along with sample sentences and examples.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: The Start and Stop Game: Clauses
To use this writing prompt generator, click on the button until you find a subordinate clause that inspires a description or a poem in your mind. Sometimes just one good clause can put a whole story idea in your head! The object of every...
Other
D'youville College: Clauses
This online writing lab provides a series of examples on identifying clauses, both independent and dependent. A section is also included on putting clauses together with examples.
Other
Kryss Tal: Grammar: Introduction to Grammar
This site provides a very good overview of grammar components. Grammar examples and links are provided.
Other
Daily Grammar: Glossary of Grammar Terms
A succinct overview of basic grammar terms with links to lessons; written by a high school English teacher.
Other
Legal Writing: Dependent Clauses & Phrases
This writing guide for law students provides information on distinguishing phrases and independent and dependent clauses.