EXERCISE B3–10 Subordinate clauses

EXERCISE B3-10Subordinate clauses

In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

Example

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The city’s electoral commission adjusted the voting process so that every vote would count.

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Answer: so that every vote would count (adverb clause modifying adjusted)
EXERCISE B3-10 Subordinate clauses Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The city’s electoral commission adjusted the voting process so that every vote would count.

2 of 5

A marketing campaign that targets baby boomers may not appeal to young professionals.

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Answer: that targets baby boomers (adjective clause modifying campaign)
EXERCISE B3-10 Subordinate clauses Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - A marketing campaign that targets baby boomers may not appeal to young professionals.

3 of 5

After the Tambora volcano erupted in the southern Pacific in 1815, no one realized that it would contribute to the “year without a summer” in Europe and North America.

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Answer: After the Tambora volcano erupted in the southern Pacific in 1815 (adverb clause modifying realized ); that it would contribute to the “year without a summer” in Europe and North America (noun clause used as direct object of realized )
EXERCISE B3-10 Subordinate clauses Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - After the Tambora volcano erupted in the southern Pacific in 1815, no one realized that it would contribute to the “year without a summer” in Europe and North America.

4 of 5

The concept of peak oil implies that at a certain point there will be no more oil to extract from the earth.

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Answer: that at a certain point there will be no more oil to extract from the earth (noun clause used as direct object of implies)
EXERCISE B3-10 Subordinate clauses Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The concept of peak oil implies that at a certain point there will be no more oil to extract from the earth.

5 of 5

Details are easily overlooked when you are rushing.

Possible revision:

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Answer: when you are rushing (adverb clause modifying are overlooked)
EXERCISE B3-10 Subordinate clauses Subordinate clauses - In the box following each sentence, list the subordinate clauses in the sentence. Tell whether each clause is an adjective clause, an adverb clause, or a noun clause and how it is used in the sentence. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Details are easily overlooked when you are rushing.