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TSA Writing Skills Assessment Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Phrases and Clauses A ______________ phrase or clause provides information that is necessary to identify specifically what is being des ... cribed. - ✔✔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 Definition: The ________ of a verb shows whether the subject performs an action (active voice) or receives it (passive voice). - ✔✔voice Active or Passive Voice The consultant wrote a proposal. - ✔✔Active Active or Passive Voice The proposal was written by the consultant. - ✔✔Passive The tense of a verb shows the time of the action of the verb. There are an active and a passive form of all tenses in English. The six English verb tenses are: - ✔✔1. Simple Present 2. Present Perfect 3. Simple Past 4. Past Perfect 5. Future 6. Future Perfect Examples of Active Voice, Simple Present verb tense are: - ✔✔she takes; he is taking [Show More]

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