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Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The man who is riding the bull is my father.
Notice that ``who is riding the bull'' starts with ``who.''
Adjective clauses start with who, which, or that.
a
2
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Maxims which are condensed good sense may guide some students.
``Which are condensed good sense'' is an adjective clause.
a
3
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Passions which can make able men fools can make foolish men able.
`Which can make able men fools' is an adjective clause.
a
4
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Lord Byron felt man was a pendulum between a smile and a tear.
We have a noun clause. It is -- man was a pendulum
between a smile and a tear.
c
5
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Toleration for mediocrity shows one's unreadiness for college.
Only one clause is present here -- an IC.
d
6
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Good medicine which is rest and fasting should occur once a
month.
``Which is rest and fasting'' is an adjective clause.
a
7
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
To be a good roommate is to be sometimes deaf and dumb.
This sentence has two infinitive phrases but no DC's.
Only one IC is present.
d
8
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Let no man deceive you with vain words.
``Man deceive you'' is a noun clause, a DC.
``(You) let'' is the IC.
c
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Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Making a profit is not a vice, but making a loss is.
This sentence contains two IC's. Gerunds are subjects
in both of the clauses. No DC.
d
10
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
When someone offends, let it pass and forget it.
``When someone offends'' is an adverbial clause.
b
11
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you want to be a leader, learn obedience.
The adverbial clause is ``if you want to be a leader.''
As always, it starts with a subordinate conjunction.
b
12
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Your talents will be best nurtured in solitude.
This sentence has no DC.
d
13
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you want to make an investment on your future, learn to work.
``If you want to make an investment'' is an adverbial clause.
``If'' is a subordinate conjunction.
b
14
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
I see that we all boil at different degrees.
``That we all boil at different degrees'' is a noun clause.
It is the direct object -- ``I see what?''
c
15
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
I wish we could learn to condemn the script but not the actor.
We should ask -- I wish what? The answer is a noun clause.
c
16
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Your business which is most difficult is to know yourself.
``Which is most difficult'' is an adjective clause.
a
17
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you want to reform a man, begin with his grandmother.
``If you want to reform a man'' is an adverbial clause.
b
18
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Don't follow the vulgar crowd if you want a holy holiday.
``If you want a holy holiday'' is an adverbial clause.
b
19
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
When you are precise with promise-keeping, you bless everyone.
``When you are precise with promise-keeping'' -- adverbial
clause. `When' is a subordinate conjunction.
b
20
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Tillisone, the cock, felt all the world should hear him crow.
This noun clause is ``the world should hear him crow.''
c
21
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Everything new often receives contempt since it begins in
obscurity.
The second clause is a DC. ``Since'' is
a subordinate conjunction.
b
22
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
True civilization is tested by measuring the men it produces.
This one was hard. ``Which'' was omitted in the adjective
clause. ``Which it produces'' modifies men.
a
23
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The good and the new come from areas which are unsuspected.
``Which are unsuspected'' is a adjective clause.
It modifies ``areas.''
a
24
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you change your mind occasionally, it will help keep it clean.
``If you change your mind occasionally'' is an adverbial clause.
Subordinate conjunctions include - if, since, although, etc.
b
25
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Art is long, but life is short.
All you have here are two IC's. This short compound
sentence has no DC.
d
26
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
No nation can be destroyed while it possess a good home life.
``While it posses a good home life'' is a DC.
b
27
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Virgil believed the noblest motive is the public good.
``The noblest motive is the public good'' is a noun clause.
It is used as a direct object.
c
28
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Democracy is strengthened by a good newspaper and a Bible.
This sentence has only one clause -- an IC.
d
29
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
We the people, with our ideals and values, provide America's
soul.
Only one clause is present here. The subject is
``we'' and the verb is ``provide.''
d
30
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Because his gun was not ready, Larry missed his elk.
Notice the subordinate conjunction -- because.
The DC is ``because his gun was not ready.''
b
31
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Lost opportunity is the flower that grows best on graves.
``That grows best on graves'' is an adjective clause.
Both noun and adjective clauses might start with ``that.''
a
32
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Believe that fame is a vapor and that popularity is an accident.
The main clause is ``(you) believe.'' The other clauses
answer ``what.'' They are noun clauses.
c
33
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
You should hammer your steel when it is glowing hot.
``When it is glowing hot'' is an adverbial clause. Notice
that it starts with a subordinate conjunction.
b
34
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
How poor are they who are too lazy to study.
We have two clauses -- ``they are poor'' and ``who are lazy.''
The second clause is an adjective.
a
35
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
You should know that success depends on persistence.
``That success depends on persistence'' is
a noun clause.
c
36
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Romeo believed that Juliet was like the sun.
Ask -- Romeo believed what? The answer happens to be a
noun clause -- Juliet was like the sun.
c
37
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Many students never know when they have met a great opportunity.
Ask -- Students know what? The answer is a noun clause.
It is -- they have met opportunity.
c
38
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj