The term martial arts now refers to unarmed combat and
self-defense practiced as sport rather
than as fighting, its original purpose. phrase
In Olympic competition today, athletes practice two martial
arts, judo and taekwondo. clause
- -S-1b–c Clauses and Phrases
Indicate whether the underlined words in each sentence are a
CLAUSE or a PHRASE. Answers
to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book.
EXAMPLE
1. Aikido, judo, and karate incorporate methods of jujitsu.
2. Developed among samurai warriors in Japan in the seventeenth
century, jujitsu declined in
the mid-nineteenth century.
3. Aikido, a Japanese art of self-defense, neutralizes an
opponent using his or her own
momentum.
4. One way that a player can win in judo is by pinning an
opponent to the ground for twenty-
five seconds.
5. First practiced by monks and priests in Asia, karate uses
punches, kicks, chops, and various
open-hand techniques.
6. Kung fu goes back at least to 1111 BCE, when the Zhou dynasty
of China was in power.
7. Many kung fu moves imitate animals fighting with one
another.
8. Taekwondo, which originated in Korea, uses more than a dozen
kicking techniques.
9. The Chinese form of exercise known as t’ai chi was designed
to relax the body while
conditioning it.
10. Flowing slowly from one deliberate move to another,
practitioners of t’ai chi attract
spectators in parks throughout the world.
Name: _____________________________________________________
Class/section: ________________________________
