Adjective and Adverb Clauses

Use the sheets in order, since each one depends on the one before. The clause sheets prepare students for complex and compound-complex sentences.

Label 10 dependent clauses ADJ or ADV and draw arrows, as in The bike that Sam fixed. An adjective clause describes a noun and often starts with who, that or where; an adverb clause describes a verb and tells when, why or how. The directions on the page read: Underline the dependent clause. On the line, write ADJ if it is an adjective clause or ADV if it is an adverb clause. Then draw an arrow from the clause to the word it describes. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade sentences, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with phrases and clauses. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause has a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone, such as because the wind was howling.

An adjective clause describes a noun and often starts with who, that or where, as in The house where I grew up has a red door.

An adverb clause describes a verb and tells when, why or how, as in Kim practiced until her fingers ached.