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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise B3-8
Subordinate clauses
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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 )
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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)
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Details are easily overlooked when you are rushing.
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Answer: when you are rushing (adverb clause modifying are overlooked)