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A phrase is a group of words without a finite subject-verb relationship, while a clause contains one and may be independent or dependent. The topic covers noun, adjective and adverb clauses, main and subordinate clauses, sentence patterns and the difference between a dependent clause, a phrase and a sentence fragment.
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- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. strong clause
Explanation: "Who stole your car" is an adjective clause because it:- Modifies the noun "person"- Describes which person is being referred to- Begins…
Correct answer: adjective clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. independent clause
Explanation: "Wherever there is a large American city" is an adverb clause because it:- Modifies the verb "will be" (indicating the location or…
Correct answer: adverb clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. Noun clause
- D. Main clause
Explanation: "Which the professor assigned" is an adjective clause because it:- Modifies the noun "books"- Describes which books are being referred to-…
Correct answer: adjective clause64. Canada might give up its marketing boards if the European Community givesup its grain subsidies.
- 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 clause- 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 clause- A. adjective clause
- B. adverb clause
- C. noun clause
- D. main clause
Explanation: "If they could love like you and me" is an adverb clause because it:- Modifies the verb "imagine" (indicating the condition)- Begins with…
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