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English grammar covers how words, phrases and clauses combine to form correct sentences. It includes tenses, parts of speech, prepositions, articles, voice, reported speech, agreement, infinitives, gerunds, adverb position, transitions, punctuation, sentence structure and inversion, with special attention to distinctions such as phrases versus clauses and active versus passive voice.
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- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. principal clause
Explanation: "If the European Community gives up its grain subsidies" is an adverb clause because it:- Modifies the verb "might give up" (indicating…
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. strong clause
Explanation: "Where Wolfe's and Montcalm's armies fought" is an adjective clause because it:- Modifies the noun "place"- Describes which place is being…
Correct answer: adjective clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. independent clause
Explanation: "Unless the crown can make a better case" is an adverb clause because it:- Modifies the verb "will be convicted" (indicating the…
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. strong clause
Explanation: "When the sun shines" is an adverb clause because it:- Modifies the verb "will shine" (indicating the time or condition)- Begins with the…
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. independent clause
Explanation: "That keep my mind away from you" is an adjective clause because it:- Modifies the noun "thoughts"- Describes which thoughts are being…
Correct answer: adjective clause4086. IIdentify the following Clause:It is important to ask whether the wedding is formal or semi-formal.
- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. main clause
Explanation: "Whether the wedding is formal or semi-formal" is a noun clause because it:- Functions as a noun (the object of the verb "ask")- Has a…
Correct answer: noun clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. principal clause
Explanation: "That you did" is not present in the sentence, but "that" is implied. The correct analysis is:"that you did" is implied, and "that" is a…
Correct answer: adjective clause4088. Identify the following Clause:If they could love like you and me, imagine what the world could be.
- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. main clause
Explanation: The clause 'If they could love like you and me' is an adverb clause because it modifies the verb 'imagine' by specifying the condition…
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. principal clause
Explanation: "That" is a pronoun introducing the noun clause "what the summer is all about".
Correct answer: noun clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. strong clause
Explanation: "If it takes the rest of my life" is an adverb clause because it:- Modifies the verb "will wait" (indicating the condition or duration)-…
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. main clause
Explanation: "Because you're mine" is an adverb clause because it:- Modifies the verb "walk" (indicating the reason or cause)- Begins with the…
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. principal clause
Explanation: The sentence "Well, I am what I am and I am what I'm not, and I am sure happy with what I've got" contains several noun clauses:- "what I…
Correct answer: noun clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. strong clause
Explanation: "As we lie beneath the stars" is an adverb clause because it:- Modifies the verb "realize" (indicating the time or circumstance)- Begins…
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. independent clause
Explanation: "That we wish" is an adjective clause because it:- Modifies the noun "life"- Begins with the relative pronoun "that"- Describes the kind…
Correct answer: adjective clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. main clause
Explanation: "That Canada can resolve its economic problems" is a noun clause because it:- Functions as a noun (the object of the verb "hope")- Has a…
Correct answer: noun clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. principal clause
Explanation: "What they should do" is a noun clause because it:- Functions as a noun (the object of the verb "know")- Has a subject (they) and a verb…
Correct answer: noun clause- A. Noun clause
- B. Adverb clause
- C. Adjective clause
- D. Preposition clause
Explanation: "who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it" is an adjective clause because it:-…
Correct answer: Adjective clause- A. Noun clause
- B. Adverb clause
- C. Adjective clause
- D. Preposition clause
Explanation: "Whoever smelt it" is a noun clause because it:- Functions as the subject of the sentence- Begins with the relative pronoun "whoever"-…
Correct answer: Noun clause- A. Noun clause
- B. Adverb clause
- C. Adjective clause
- D. Preposition clause
Explanation: "Whatever you wish" is a noun clause because it:- Functions as the object of the sentence (the thing being commanded)- Begins with the…
Correct answer: Noun clause- A. Noun clause
- B. Adverb clause
- C. Adjective clause
- D. Preposition clause
Explanation: "What you demand" is a noun clause because it:- Functions as the object of the sentence (the thing being given)- Begins with the relative…
Correct answer: Noun clause