| A | B |
| Simple Subject in the first independent clause? | They |
| Simple subject of 2nd independent clause? | it |
| Simple subject of the dependent clause? | we |
| Verb or simple predicate in the first independent clause? | may achieve |
| Verb in the 2nd independent clause? | has been |
| Verb or simple predicate in the dependent clause? | went |
| Sentence purpose? | declarative |
| Sentence type? | cd-cx |
| Verb tense for the 1st IC? | present |
| Verb tense for the 2nd IC? | present perfect (HAS or HAVE + past participle) |
| Verb tense for the DC? | past |
| Direct objects -- s+ V + WHO or WHAT? | little |
| What type of dependent clause? | adverb |
| What POS (part of speech) is MAY? | helping verb |
| What POS is because? | subordinate conjunction |
| What is the prep phrase and what type is it? | BEFORE THEM -- adverb since comes after verb WENT |
| Write the sentence using correct punctuation and capitalization. | They may achieve little; it's been that practice because we went before them |
| It's is a contraction for what? | It has |
| Write an original compound sentence using a semi-colon. | March 29 is the last day before spring break; I really need a break! |
| Write an original sentence with an adverb dependent clause. (Use blue book to review subordinate conjunctions!) | While we are out of school, I will travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to help my daughter move into her new apartment. |
| Write an original sentence with a compound-complex sentence with an adverb dependent clause. | [I will be sad] [when my daughter moves]; I have enjoyed having her home for a few months. |
| List 10 of the subordinating conjunctions | after, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though, before, because, how, if, in order that, provided, since, so that, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, while. |
| What is the predicate nominative? | way |