Canyon Blog: How Sentence Parts Work

• ○A. It reports the result of the family's visit to the eastern overlook.
• ○B. It sets a condition for the family to visit the eastern overlook.
• ○C. It describes the shuttle that served the eastern overlook.
• ○D. It explains why the family preferred the eastern overlook.

Our map showed another overlook farther along the rim.If the shuttle arrived before noon, we would visit the eastern overlook.Dad set our water bottles on a bench.A breeze lifted one corner of the map.

• ○A. It names the activity that makes up the narrator's plan.
• ○B. It tells why the family chose this particular canyon.
• ○C. It describes how the narrator operated the camera.
• ○D. It identifies when the family completed the trip.

• ○A. It describes the location of the first overlook.
• ○B. It explains the cause of a change in the canyon.
• ○C. It identifies which canyon the family was visiting.
• ○D. It compares the actual view with the narrator's expectation.

• ○A. It is a clause that compares two different walls.
• ○B. It is a phrase that adds information about the stripes' colors.
• ○C. It is a phrase that names who observed the walls.
• ○D. It is a clause that tells what the walls did.

• ○A. It helps identify the person by describing her hat.
• ○B. It tells when Celina became the narrator's aunt.
• ○C. It gives a reason for Celina's decision to stand still.
• ○D. It names the main action performed by the person.

• ○A. It completes the statement by naming what her favorite part was.
• ○B. It supplies a second independent statement about Celina.
• ○C. It introduces a condition for enjoying the canyon visit.
• ○D. It modifies “echoes” by explaining where they came from.

• ○A. It modifies “we” by identifying the speakers.
• ○B. It acts as the object of “about,” naming the topic discussed.
• ○C. It states the time when the conversation happened.
• ○D. It gives a condition that limited the conversation.

• ○A. The phrase modifies “surprise,” describing its physical appearance.
• ○B. The clause modifies “place,” identifying which canyon they visited.
• ○C. The clause completes “was,” explaining what the surprise was.
• ○D. The phrase completes “made,” naming who took the photographs.

• ○A. The explanation that the backgrounds caused the pictures' similarity.
• ○B. The comparison between the backgrounds in two particular photographs.
• ○C. The sentence's subject, which identifies the pictures being discussed.
• ○D. The contrast between impressive backgrounds and similar-looking pictures.

• ○A. It is a dependent clause describing the noun “experience.”
• ○B. It is a prepositional phrase explaining the word “half.”
• ○C. It is an infinitive phrase functioning as the sentence's subject.
• ○D. It is an independent clause stating a complete thought.

• ○A. “But” introduces a phrase that describes the finished post.
• ○B. The second group depends on the first because it lacks a verb.
• ○C. “But” joins two independent clauses and signals a contrast.
• ○D. The first group is a phrase because “ready” is not an action.