TSA Writing Skills Assessment Questions and answers, rated A+. 100% Accurate.
Restrictive and Nonrestrictive
Phrases and Clauses - -
A ______________ phrase or clause provides information that is necessary to identify specifically what is being described. - -restrictive
A ______________...
A ______________ phrase or clause provides information that is necessary to identify specifically what
is being described. - ✔✔-restrictive
A ____________________ phrase or clause provides information that is incidental to the meaning of the
sentence. - ✔✔-nonrestrictive
_______________ phrases and clauses are not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. -
✔✔-restrictive
________________ phrases and clauses are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas. - ✔✔-
nonrestrictive
Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
The blue house that he built on a hill is quite large. - ✔✔-restrictive
The sentence is written about a man who built several blue houses but only one on a hill. Therefore, the
phrase that he built on a hill is essential for knowing which blue house is being referred to. The phrase is
therefore restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.
Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
, The blue house, which he built on a hill, is quite large. - ✔✔-nonrestrictive
This example is written about a man who built only one blue house, and it happens to be on a hill.
Therefore, which he built on a hill is not essential for knowing which house is
being referred to. The phrase is therefore nonrestrictive and is separated from the rest of the sentence
by commas.
Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
Pat, who won the prize, deserves our
congratulations. - ✔✔-nonrestrictive
In this sentence, the person to be congratulated is identified as Pat, and the clause who won the prize is
not essential for identifying the person. The clause is therefore
nonrestrictive and is separated from the rest of the sentence by
commas.
Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
We should congratulate the student who won the prize. - ✔✔-restrictive
We should congratulate the student who won the prize.
In this sentence the clause who won the prize is essential for indicating the person who should be
congratulated. The clause is therefore restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the sentence by
commas.
Definition:
A word or phrase used to assert an action or state of being. - ✔✔-Verb
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