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English
Quarter 1- Module 7:
Using Phrases, Clauses and
Sentences Appropriately

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English – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 7: Using Phrases, Clauses and Sentences Appropriately
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 1-Module 7:
Using Phrases, Clauses and
Sentences Appropriately

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the English 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Using

Phrases,Clauses and Sentences Appropriately!
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators
both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and
assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the English 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Using

Phrases,Clauses and Sentences Appropriately!

The hand is one of the most symbolized part of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action and purpose. Through our hands we may learn, create
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in
your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an
active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of

the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled into process
what you learned from the lesson.

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 What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will
help you transfer your new knowledge or
skill into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
the lesson learned. This also tends retention
of learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in

developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of
the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities
included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are
not alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

Use phrases, clauses, and sentences appropriately and meaningfully.

What I Know

Directions: In the space before each group of words, mark P if it is a

phrase, C if it is a clause and S if it is a sentence.
______1. Over my head
______2. Because I was afraid
______3. I didn’t get very much sleep
______4. That night
______5. I knew what happened
______6. So that I could get some rest
______7. I heard the cat’s meow
______8. Sitting by the broken plate licking the crumbs
______9. When I finally got up
______10. I got so tired
______11. Even though I counted sheep
______12. Ear plugs would be a good investment
______13. I never realized how losing sleep affected me
______14. The next day
______15. When I got to work

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Lesson
Using Phrases, Sentences
7 and Clauses Appropriately

This lesson takes you to the experiences of the past that determines
our present. Discover this past by knowing the origin of things and how it
affects us as people.

What’s In

These three structures are a common part of English, and are all
composed of groups of words. Clauses, phrases and sentences are very
similar, but they do have different roles. Learning the difference between
them will help you make a lot more sense of English grammar, and will be
very useful to improve your written English.

What’s New

Read the legend and observe how phrases, clauses and sentences
formed a story.
The Legend of Rice

When the world was still new, the rice plant has no value. It was just a mere
grass. It has no grain or fruit. It doesn’t do anything but to kiss the wind all day
long.

One day, it happened that the Chinese goddess Kuan-yin went down to visit
the Earth. In her excursion, she saw that everywhere in the four corners of China
are people dying of hunger. Her soft heart cannot endure the pain and poverty that
she sees and it seems as though her heart will melt with pity. She took a deep
breath and said, “Aiya, Ai-ya, I need to act and help these people.”

She silently observed her surroundings. She took interest in a worthless rice
plant which sprouted in the alley. She approached it and said, “I will use this
humble plant to help my poor people.”

She opened her robe and exposed her white bosom. She squeezed her right
breast with her hand and let out drops of milk of life to the rice plant’s panicle. She
also squeezed her other breast and let the milk drop on the plant’s empty hulls.

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 She squeezed her breasts until there’s no milk coming out anymore. She
prayed, “Oh merciful heaven, bless me with a little more drops of milk.” She
massaged and squeezed her breasts again until she saw that some drops are
coming out but it is mixed with blood. The goddess gave all that she can. She was
glad to see that all the panicles became full of rich rice grains.
“Oh noble plant, may your panicle overflow. May we harvest a lot to
eliminate hunger in this land.” After she has done her duty, she happily came back
to the heavens.
This is how the rice plant yielded its first rice grains. There are varieties
which produce white rice as white as Kuan-yin’s milk, and there are also some
which yields reddish rice as a reminder of the blood mixed with the last drops of
the merciful goddess’ milk.

Source: https://bit.ly/2GKcJWx

What is It

A phrase is a related group of words. The words work together as a "unit,"

but they do not have a subject and a verb. A clause is a group of words that does
have both a subject and a verb. Some clauses are independent, meaning that they
express a complete thought.

Source: https://bit.ly/2ZtOUZH

Examples:

Phrase:

-In the huge tree on the top of the mountain

-Walking every morning under the heat of the sun

-The man on stage

Clause:

-Because she had a fever during the contest

-She walked the road during night time.

What is a phrase?
Words can be grouped together, but without a subject or a verb. This is
called a phrase.
Phrases can be very short – or quite long. Two examples of phrases are:
“After dinner”
“Waiting for the rain to stop”.

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 Clauses are groups of words that have both subjects and predicates. Unlike
phrases, a clause can sometimes act as a sentence – this type of clause is called an
independent clause. This isn’t always the case, and some clauses can’t be used on
their own – these are called subordinate clauses, and need to be used with an
independent clause to complete their meaning.
An example of a subordinate clause is “When the man broke into the house”
An example of an independent clause is “the dog barked at him”
What is a sentence?
A complete sentence has a subject and predicate and can often be composed
of more than one clause. As long as it has a subject and a predicate, a group of
words can form a sentence, no matter how short.
E.g. “You ate fish.”
More complex sentences can combine multiple clauses or phrases to add
additional information about what is described. Clauses may be combined using
conjunctions – such as “and”, “but” and “or”.
E.g. “He went out to dinner but didn’t enjoy the meal.”

What’s More

Directions: Put (parentheses) around the phrase or phrases in each sentence.

Hints:
*** phrases often start with prepositions and have an object
*** phrases can show you what a plane does to a cloud
*** phrases can go wherever a rabbit (or a squirrel) can go
*** phrases DO NOT have a subject or a verb!

1. The old man ran across the long, high bridge away from the monsters.
2. For many years he has been the football coach in our town.
3. Without a partner, the boy in the cool shirt could not enter the dance
competition.
4. From the north came a freezing rain after the snowstorm.
5. We paddled our canoe slowly against the fast-moving current in the river.
6. Jazz, rock, and dance bands specialize in different musical forms.
7. Centuries ago musicians entertained in castles and great houses.
8. Some nobles maintained their own bands of musicians.
9. In the 1500’s, towns formed their own bands.
10. These bands remained popular in Europe and the Americas.

Source: https://bit.ly/33x1N6H

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 What I Have Learned

I have learned that phrases and clauses are the building blocks
of sentences. Phrases are groups of words that act as a part of speech but
cannot stand alone as a sentence. The words in a phrase act together so
that the phrase itself functions as a single part of speech.

What I Can Do

Directions: Underline the dependent clauses and circle the subordinating

conjunctions (dependent words) that introduce the dependent clauses.
1. I refused to go because I had homework to do.
2. I could make good grades if I studied.
3. After I finish college, I’ll get a job.
4. They were playing Frisbee while he was studying.
5. Her essay would have been better if she had rewritten it.
6. Unless you return your library book today, you’ll have to pay a fine
of ten cents per day.
7. A large vocabulary is the characteristic that most often
accompanies outstanding success.
8. He was searching for the money that he had dropped in the snow
on Christmas Day.
9. Although he looked a long time, he couldn’t find it.
10. Until you understand subjects and verbs, you cannot
understand clauses and their purposes in sentences.

Source: https://bit.ly/3hnzI6u

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 Assessment

Directions: Read the following correctly. If the clause is independent and,

therefore, a sentence, put a period after it. If the clause is dependent and,
therefore, a fragment, add an independent clause either before or after it to
make it into a sentence.
***Remember that if the dependent clause comes first in the sentence, it
should have a comma after it.
1. As he ran to catch the ball
2. He finally caught it
3. She couldn’t find the necessary reference material
4. Because no one had told me about the new ruling
5. When I make up my mind to work
6. I’m going to stay at home tonight
7. If I can just spend a couple of hours on my math
8. I should study my psychology
9. When I’m finished with both of them
10. I’ll feel confident for those tests
11. The people flocked around the injured man
12. As the ambulance came racing down the street
13. When a book is really interesting
14. Come into the office
15. As we learned more about the problem

Source: https://bit.ly/3m9cULt

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 Answer Key

What I Knew
1. P
2. C
3. C
4. P
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. P
9. C
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. C
14. P
15. C

What’s More
1. The old man ran (across the long, high bridge away from the monsters).
2. (For many years) he has been the football coach (in our town).
3. (Without a partner), the boy (in the cool shirt) could not enter the dance
competition.
4. (From the north) came a freezing rain (after the snowstorm).
5. We paddled our canoe slowly (against the fast-moving current in the river).
6. Jazz, rock, and dance bands specialize (in different musical forms).
7. Centuries ago musicians entertained (in castles and great houses).
8. Some nobles maintained their own bands (of musicians).
9. (In the 1500’s), towns formed their own bands.
10. These bands remained popular (in Europe and the Americas).

What I Can Do
1. I refused to go because I had homework to do.
2. I could make good grades if I studied.
3. After I finish college, I’ll get a job.
4. They were playing Frisbee while he was studying.
5. Her essay would have been better if she had rewritten it.
6. Unless you return your library book today, you’ll have to pay a fine of ten
cents per day.
7. A large vocabulary is the characteristic that most often accompanies
outstanding success.
8. He was searching for the money that he had dropped in the snow on
Christmas Day.
9. Although he looked a long time, he couldn’t find it.
10. Until you understand subjects and verbs, you cannot understand clauses
and their purposes in sentences.

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References

 http://feelthephilippines.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-legend-of-rice-ang-alamat-
ng-palay.html
 https://www.norwellschools.org/cms/lib/MA01001453/Centricity/Domain/204/c
lausesandphrasesworksheetmixedpractice.pdf
 https://irscasc.weebly.com/uploads/3/1/8/1/31813909/packet_4_phrases_and_cl
auses.pdf
 https://irsc-
asc.weebly.com/uploads/3/1/8/1/31813909/packet_4_phrases_and_clauses.pd

For inquiries or feedback, please write or call:

Department of Education – Region VII – Central Visayas

Office Address: Department of Education – Carcar City Division
Learning Resources Management Section
P. Nellas St., Poblacion III, Carcar City, Cebu
Telefax: (032) 487- 8495
E-mail Address: carcarcitydivision@yahoo.com

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For teachers only (English 7- Module 7 Answer Key)
ASSESSMENT

1. As he ran to catch the ball, he fell to the ground.

2. He finally caught it.
3. She couldn’t find the necessary reference material.
4. I was scolded by our boss because no one had told me about the new
ruling.
5. When I make up my mind to work, I can easily finish my task.
6. I’m going to stay at home tonight.
7. If I can just spend a couple of hours on my math, I can answer the test
correctly.
8. I should study my psychology.
9. When I’m finished with both of them, I’ll go out with you.
10. I’ll feel confident for those tests.
11. The people flocked around the injured man.
12. As the ambulance came racing down the street, the injured men were
bleeding.
13. When a book is really interesting, I couldn’t put them down.
14. Come into the office.
15. As we learned more about the problem, we came up for a better solution.