Opportunity For Success: Clauses
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Make sure that you log in with your name. Earn at least a 90%, print out the certificate, and bring it to class by the due date. If you do all this: you will get extra credit on your quiz! Remember A clause is a group of related words with a subject and verb.
- 1.Usually noun clauses begin with that, what, where, when, who, whom, which, whose, how, why, whether, etc. Noun clauses perform the same functions in sentences that nouns do: A noun clause can be the subject of a sentence: What Billy did shocked his friends. A noun clause can be an object of a verb: Billy’s friends didn’t know that he couldn’t swim. (This answers the question "What didn't they know?") A noun clause can be a subject complement: Billy’s mistake was that he refused to take lessons.(This answers the question "What was his mistake?") A noun clause can be an object of a preposition: Mary is not responsible for what Billy did. (This answers the question "For what is Mary not responsible?") A noun clause (but not a noun) can be an adjective complement: Everybody is sad that Billy drowned. (This answers the question "Why is everybody sad?") FIND THE NOUN CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: Anyone who says that English teachers are boring will be punished.
- A.
Anyone
- B.
Anyone who says
- C.
Anyone who says that English teachers are boring
- D.
English teachers
- 2.FIND THE NOUN CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: What I had for breakfast gave me heartburn.
- A.
What I had for breakfast
- B.
Breakfast
- C.
Gave me heartburn
- D.
Heartburn
- 3.FIND THE NOUN CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: I must decide which type of cookie to eat.
- A.
I
- B.
I must decide
- C.
Which type of cookie to eat
- D.
Cookie
- 4.TYPE THE NOUN CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: Why she kept crying puzzled everyone.
- 5.Adjective clauses perform the same function in sentences that adjectives do: they modify nouns. The teacher has a car. (Car is a noun.) It’s a new car. (New is an adjective which modifies car.) The car that she is driving is not hers. (That she is driving is an adjective clause which modifies car. It’s a clause because it has a subject (she) and a verb (is driving); it’s an adjective clause because it modifies a noun.) Note that adjectives usually precede the nouns they modify; adjective clauses always follow the nouns they modify. There are only five dependent signals which introduce adjective clauses: Who, Whom, Whose, Which, That However, sometimes the signal word is missing: The book I borrowed was full of famous quotes. The book [that] I borrowed was full of famous quotes. Sometimes the dependent signal [usually "that"] is implied. Mentally insert it, and the sentence will be easier to analyze. FIND THE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: Do you know the woman who is wearing a blue suit?
- A.
You know the woman
- B.
The woman
- C.
Woman who is wearing
- D.
Who is wearing the blue suit
- 6.FIND THE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: The books that people read were mainly religious.
- A.
The books
- B.
That people read
- C.
Were mainly
- D.
Mainly religious
- 7.FIND THE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: Some firefighters never meet the people they save.
- A.
Some firefighters
- B.
Never meet
- C.
The people
- D.
They save
- 8.TYPE THE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: The boy who sits near me is my brother's best friend.
- 9.There are many types of adverb clauses. Here are some examples of the most common types:
- It answers the question, “Where?”
- It answers the question, “When?”
- It answers the question, “Why?” or “What caused this?”
- It answers the question, “Why?” or “What was the reason for doing this?”
- It answers the question, “Why is this unexpected?”
- It answers the question, “Under what conditions?”
- A.
The premier
- B.
Gave a speech
- C.
Where the workers were striking
- D.
Were striking
- 10.FIND THE ADVERB CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: She visited many friends when she was in Miami.
- A.
She visited
- B.
Many friends
- C.
When she was in Miami
- D.
In Miami
- 11.FIND THE ADVERB CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: Now that he has a lot of money, he can afford a new computer.
- A.
Now that
- B.
Now that he has a lot of money
- C.
He can afford
- D.
A new computer
- 12.TYPE THE ADVERB CLAUSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE: After she comes, she will turn on the radio.
- 13.If a clause can stand alone as a sentence, it is an independent clause. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
- A.
I despise individuals of low character
- B.
When the saints go marching in
- C.
Lou Smith, uglier than a rabid raccoon
- D.
Because she smiled at him
- 14.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS AN INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
- A.
Although I never heard her beautiful singing voice
- B.
He sang
- C.
Chiming, chirping, and clanging merrily
- D.
Where I sat
- 15.WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAS TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES PUNCTUATED CORRECTLY?
- A.
The birds and sheep coexisted peacefully while the coyote planned his attack.
- B.
The birds flew and the sheep ate.
- C.
I was shocked to see the carnage in the morning, but my father was not surprised.
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