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Exercise B3-9
Subordinate clauses
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Each sentence has one subordinate clause. Indicate which word group is the subordinate clause.
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Example
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is When you work on a computer. On a computer is a prepositional phrase. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is If you want to avoid tooth decay. You must brush and floss is the independent clause in the sentence. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is before the crowd roared with delight. With delight is a prepositional phrase. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is What appears in the science fiction of today. Will inspire the technology of the future is the predicate of the independent clause. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is because public safety was at risk. At the plant is a prepositional phrase. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is that has sustained winds of more than 110 miles per hour. More than 110 miles per hour is the object of the preposition of. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is If you believe that. You’ll believe anything is the independent clause of the sentence. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is unless it’s an emergency. It’s an emergency is the subject, verb, and subject complement in the subordinate clause. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is who finish high school. To commit crimes is an infinitive phrase. For more help, see section B3-e.
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Correct. For more help, see section B3-e.
Sorry. The subordinate clause is After I missed my connecting flight. To Chicago is a prepositional phrase. For more help, see section B3-e.
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