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REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION MODULE

ENGLISH
LESSON 2:
Using Phrases, Clauses and Sentences Appropriately
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 INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE

For the facilitator:

This is the English 7 Remedial Instruction Module (RIM) on

Using Phrases, Clauses and Sentences Appropriately.
To assist you, the teacher or facilitator, in guiding the learners to
meet the standards set by the K–12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and financial barriers to education, this module
was collectively designed, developed, and reviewed by educators
from 3rd Year of Bachelor of Secondary Education Department,
Major in English, School Year 2022 - 2023.
With the help of this educational tool, students can engage in
guided and independent learning activities at their own pace and
convenience. Additionally, this strives to support students in
developing the necessary 21st-century skills while considering their
requirements and situations.

For the learner:

Welcome to the English 7 Remedial Instruction Module (RIM)

on Using Phrases, Clauses and Sentences Appropriately.
Our mind is one of the most important parts of the human body.
This helps us to absorb information, comprehension of information,
analyzing knowledge, and reflection of the lesson gained in this
module.
This module was created to give you engaging chances for
guided and independent learning that you can do at your own pace.
You will be able to process the contents of the learning resource while
being an active learner.
 In using this module, keep the following in mind:

1. Use the module carefully. Do not mark any portion of this module
unnecessarily. Answer the exercises on a separate piece of paper.
2. Before doing the other exercises, remember to respond to the What
I Know question.
3. Before starting any task, carefully read the directions.
4. When completing the duties and reviewing your work, act with
honesty and integrity.
5. Before starting the next task, complete the one you're working on.
6. When you are through with this module, give it back to your
instructor or facilitator.
If you have any trouble completing the tasks in this module,
don't be afraid to approach your teacher or facilitator for help. Never
forget that you are not alone.
We anticipate that you will learn something useful from this
information and develop a thorough awareness of the necessary
competencies. You are capable of doing it.

OBJECTIVES

This module contains:

Lesson 1 – Using Phrases and Sentences Appropriately
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. define what is phrases and sentences
2. use phrases and sentences appropriately
3. practice scanning and skimming texts for information

Essential Learning Competencies:

EN7F-I-a-3.11.1 Read words phrases, clauses, sentences and
paragraphs using the correct production of vowel and consonant
sounds, diphthongs, blends and glides
EN7OL-I-b-1.14.2 Observe the correct pitch levels (high, medium,
low) when reading lines of poetry sample sentence and paragraphs.
EN7VS-I-b-8 Use the structural analysis to determine the unfamiliar
words or expressions from the material viewed.

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 that cat’s meow
_____8. Sitting by the broke plate licking the crumbs
_____9. When I finally got up
_____10. I got so tired
_____11. Even though I countered 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

Using Phrases, Sentences and Clauses

Lesson 2
Appropriately

This lesson takes you to experiences of the past that

determines our present. Discover this past by knowing the origin of
things and how it affected 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.

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.

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 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.
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 nighttime.

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”.
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.

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 phrases act
together so that the phrase itself function 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 is 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 of vocabulary is the characteristics that most often
accompanies outstanding success.
8. He was searching for the money that he had dropped in the show 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
subjects and verbs, you cannot understand clauses and their purposes
in sentences.

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
What I Knew What’s More What I Can Do
1. P 1. The old man ran 1. I refused to go
2. C (across the long, high because I had
3. C bridge away from the homework to do.
4. P monsters). 2. I could make
5. C 2. (For many years) he good grades if I
6. C has been the football studied.
7. C coach (in our town). 3. After I finish
8. P 3. (Without a partner), college, I’ll get a
9. C the boy (in the cool shirt) job.
10.C could not enter the dance 4. They were
11.C competition. playing Frisbee
12.C 4. (From the north) came while he was
13.C a freezing rain (after the studying.
14.P snowstorm). 5. Her essay would
15.C 5. We paddled our canoe have been better if
slowly (against the fast- she had rewritten it.
moving current in the 6. Unless you return
river). your library book
6. Jazz, rock, and dance today, you’ll have to
bands specialize (in pay a fine of ten
different musical forms). cents per day.
7. Centuries ago 7. A large
musicians entertained (in vocabulary is the
castles and great houses). characteristic that
8. Some nobles most often
maintained their own accompanies
bands (of musicians). outstanding success.
9. (In the 1500’s), towns 8. He was searching
formed their own bands. for the money that
10.These bands remained he had dropped in
popular (in Europe and the snow on
the Americas). Christmas Day.
9. Although he
looked a long time,
he couldn’t find it.
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