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Lesson: Clauses (continued)
Check Your Understanding
A. For each of the following five sentences, identify each of the boldface clauses, and label it independent or dependent. If the clause is dependent, tell whether it is a noun clause, adjectival (relative) clause, or adverbial clause.
1. After Tristan woke up, he went to the kitchen for breakfast.
2. The house that is on the corner belongs to Nikki.
3. Ellie has a pet frog, and Diego has a dog.
4. What I heard is that rehearsal has been canceled.
5. The ice chest, which is full of ice and water, is too heavy for me to carry.
B. Write a simple sentence, with just one subject and one verb: an independent clause. Then rewrite that sentence, adding at least one adjectival clause. Rewrite the new sentence, adding at least one adverbial clause. Finally, rewrite the sentence to include at least one noun clause. Underline and identify the clauses as shown in the example.
EXAMPLE
Simple sentence (independent clause): We watched a movie.
With adjectival clause: We watched a movie that was about an orphan.
With adverbial clause: After we got home, we watched a movie that was about an orphan.
With noun clause: After we got home from where we spent the afternoon, we watched a movie that was about an orphan.
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