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1
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
9
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
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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
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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 b adv c noun d no DC
Are you a man or woman of opinion or conviction?
Only one clause is present here. The subject is ``you.''
The verb is ``are.'' No DC's are present.
d
39
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you first learn obedience, your second lesson matters little.
This sentence begins with an adverbial clause.
b
40
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Merlin said we could all go fishing with him next Thursday.
Here the noun clause is used as a direct object.
The clause includes what Merlin said.
c
41
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Our institutions are vital since they create our nation.
``Since they create our nation'' is an adverbial clause.
``Since'' is a subordinate conjunction.
b
42
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
We observe God's garments as we view multi-colored nature.
``As we view multi-colored nature'' is an adverbial clause.
``As'' is a subordinate conjunction.
b
43
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Ruskin said it is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born.
The words Ruskin said are a noun clause. They are used as
a direct object. Ask -- Ruskin said what?
c
44
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Her eyes speak a noble language when she cries.
``When she cries'' is an adverbial clause.
``When'' is the subordinate conjunction.
b
45
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Although tyrants speak of necessity, slaves take it for a creed.
``Although tyrants speak'' is an adverbial clause.
``Although'' is a subordinate conjunction.
b
46
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Since virtue is the only nobility, our origins are all the same.
``Since virtue is the only nobility'' is an adverbial phrase.
``Since'' is a subordinate conjunction.
b
47
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Modesty in our students prepares them to receive knowledge.
You only have an IC here. ``Modesty prepares''-- S.V.
``To receive knowledge'' is an infinitive phrase.
d
48
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Johnson said that only blockheads write for reasons except money.
You have a noun clause used as a direct object.
Ask -- Johnson said what? The answer is your clause.
c
49
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
America will have good sons if she will have good mothers.
``If she will have good mothers'' is an adverbial clause.
The subordinate conjunction is ``if.''
b
50
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The mother's heart which is the child's school must know books.
``Which is the child's school'' is an adjective clause.
It starts with ``which.''
a
51
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The shot which was one in a million brought down two Mallards.
``Which'' introduces the adjective clause.
The DC is ``which was one in a million.''
a
52
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Humility which is part of character allows students to learn.
``Which is part of character'' is an adjective clause.
a
53
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Music which glimmers between mind and matter is marvelous.
``Which glimmers between mind and matter'' is an adjective
clause.
a
54
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Perhaps music is the speech of angels since it is so heavenly.
``Since it is so heavenly'' is an adverbial clause.
``Since'' is the subordinate conjunction.
b
55
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
A mother's love endures because she remembers the infant's smile.
``Because she remembers the infant's smile'' is an
Adverbial clause.
b
56
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Music which is the art of the prophets calms the agitated soul.
``Which is the art of the prophets'' is an adjective clause.
a
57
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Music, once created, seems independent of space.
``Once created'' is not a clause but a phrase.
We have no DC.
d
58
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
We should try to improve the standard of living for all people.
We have no DC's. ``To improve the standard of living''
is an infinitive phrase.
d
59
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Praise the God who has made and preserved our nation.
``Who has made and preserved our nation'' is an adjective clause.
Adjective clauses can start with ``who, which, or that.''
a
60
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Ride your dune cycle after the rains have watered the sands.
Here ``after'' is a subordinate conjunction.
``After the rains have watered the sands'' is a DC.
b
61
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Modesty seldom resides in one that is not enriched with humility.
``That is not enriched with humility'' is an adjective clause.
a
62
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Great ornaments in an illustrious life are modesty and humility.
Only one clause is present here. It is an IC.
d
63
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Although love is myopic, the love of money is total blindness.
``Although love is myopic'' is an adverbial clause.
b
64
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
No man who yearns for a monument ever ought to have one.
``Who yearns for a monument'' is an adjective clause.
a
65
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Because of night's gloom we understand the glorious birth of day.
``Because of night's gloom'' is only a phrase. No DC here.
d
66
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Americans should build a human society, not an economic system.
We only have one IC here.
d
67
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Only by making a good many mistakes will you become good.
``Making many mistakes'' is an object of the preposition ``by.''
It is a gerund phrase. We have no DC's.
d
68
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
My memory which is the warden of my brain often goes off duty.
``Which is the warden of my brain'' is an adjective clause.
a
69
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Memory can mitigate adversity if we will let it.
``If we will let it'' is an adverbial clause.
b
70
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The sand hills become firm so you can ride anywhere.
``So you can ride anywhere'' is an independent clause.
``So'' is a coordinate conjunction.
d
71
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Depending on our choices, memory will delight our old age.
``Depending on our choices'' is a participial phrase.
No DC is here.
d
72
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Instead of complaining of your memory, complain of your
judgement.
``Instead of complaining of you memory'' includes only phrases.
No DC is present.
d
73
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Although mercy and justice show light, mercy is most brilliant.
``Although mercy and justice show light'' is an adverbial clause.
``Although'' is a subordinate conjunction.
b
74
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Although we hope for God's mercy, we often show little ourselves.
``Although we hope for God's mercy'' is an adverbial clause.
b
75
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Good methods allow us to pack more in a box in half the time.
``To pack more etc.'' is an infinitive phrase. We have no DC.
d
76
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Savers grow rich seeming poor and spenders grow poor seeming
rich.
This compound sentence has two IC's but no DC.
d
77
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you are down, you need not fear a fall.
``If you are down'' is an adverbial clause.
b
78
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
We show our foolishness if we make a mistake and continue in it.
``If we make a mistake etc.'' is an adverbial clause.
b
79
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The only people who make no mistakes are dead people.
``Who make no mistakes'' is an adjective clause.
a
80
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
You avoid your homework so don't be surprised at your low grades.
Notice the coordinate conjunction ``so.'' The independent
clause is ``(you) do not be surprised.'' (``not'' is adverb.)
d
81
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The trout fly hatch is moving so you will find fishing excellent.
``So'' is a coordinate conjunction.
The independent clause is ``so you will find fishing excellent.''
d
82
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The wind caves which are in Darby Canyon are deep and dark.
``Which'' is the word you should have noticed.
The adjective clause is ``which are in Darby Canyon.''
a
83
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
When you go to the Kilgore caves, be sure to take ropes with you.
``When'' is a subordinate conjunction.
The adverb clause is ``when you go to the Kilgore Caves.''
b
84
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Ropes are needed for the frozen falls which is deep in the cave.
Adjective clauses often start with ``which.''
The full clause is ``which is deep in the cave.''
a
85
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
She will come if she can.
``If she can'' is an adverb clause.
``If'' is a subordinate conjunction.
b
86
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
By tomorrow night we will be in Denver.
This sentence has only one clause. The subject is
``we'' and the verb is ``will be.''
d
87
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Wanting some good company for the party, we took Jeff too.
``Wanting some good company for the party''
is only a participial phrase. No DC.
d
88
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Sometimes silence is not golden. It's yellow.
You have two IC's here. No DC.
d
89
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
By the way, Harry said he would be late.
Ask -- Harry said what? The thing he said happens to be
a noun clause.
c
90
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Take some Aspirin if your head hurts.
``(you) take some Aspirin'' is a clause (IC) and ``if
your head hurts'' is an adverbial clause. (DC)
b
91
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you can dream it, you can do it.
The adverb clause is ``if you can dream it.''
Adverbial clauses always start with a subordinate conjunction.
b
92
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Wanting to win a four-year scholarship is Sally's goal.
The subject, ``wanting to win scholarship,''
is only a phrase. No DC.
d
93
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Twenty-five years is a long time to be happy in a marriage.
The last part of this sentence -- to be happy etc.
is an infinitive phrase. The answer is d.
d
94
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Wicked men obey from fear but good men obey from love.
This is a compound sentence with no dependent clauses.
The answer is d.
d
95
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you like sand hills, explore the giant dunes near Egin.
``If'' is a subordinate conjunction too.
The full adverb clause is ``if you like sand hills.''
b
96
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Dad said, ``Take the Red Road to Camus Creek and turn left.''
Review the noun clause with your tutorial.
The noun clause is ``(you) take and turn.''
c
97
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
We found old arrowheads which were just north of the Sand Hills.
Notice ``which'' and think ``adjective clause.''
The clause is ``which were.''
a
98
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Quail Lake serves Madison County because the lake is close.
Go through the tutorial section again.
``Because the lake is close'' is an adverb clause.
b
99
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The highway which goes from Ashton to Tetonia provides beauty.
You may be getting too much sleep.
``Which goes from Ashton to Tetonia'' is an adjective clause.
a
100
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
You pass over Bitch Creek which flows into the Teton River.
(This is the name of the creek.)
Remember the signal words - WHICH, WHO, and THAT.
``Which flows into the Teton River'' is an adjective clause.
a
101
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you want a scenic float trip, consider the Teton River.
It's an adverbial clause and it starts with ``if.''
The full clause is ``if you want a scenic float trip.''
b
102
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
That you can catch some cutthroat trout on this trip is likely.
``That'' introduces both noun and adjective clauses.
``That you can catch some cutthroat trout'' is the subject, a noun.
c
103
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Watch carefully for Canyon Creek when you float the Teton.
``When'' is a subordinate conjunction.
The full adverb clause is ``when you float the Teton.''
b
104
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Although you may hitch your wagon to a star, you should still
hold on to your horses.
The subordinate conjunction, although, should have given you
a key. The answer is b.
b
105
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The way to get rid of responsibilities is to discharge
them.
You have some infinitive phrases here but just one main
subject and verb -- Way is. The answer is d.
d
106
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you take responsibility on your shoulders, you will have
little room for chips.
The adverb clause starts here with the subordinate conjunction,
if. The answer is b.
b
107
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Too many people reach for the stool when it is time to
move a piano.
The answer is b. The DC starts here with the subordinate
conjunction, when.
b
108
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The man who knows is the president of the company.
The answer is a. "Who knows" is the adjective clause.
a
109
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
When I don't know the answer, I call it "basic research."
The answer is b. Notice the subordinate conjunction, when.
b
110
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Oscar Wilde said, "No man is rich enough to buy back his
past. ""
The clause "man is rich" is used as a direct object of the
verb "said." Therefore, we have a noun clause.
c
111
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Forget the storms and tell me about the ships which you
have brought in.
The adjective clause here is "which you have brought in."
a
112
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Name me the person who should receive the scholarship.
The adjective clause here is "who should receive the
scholarship.
a
113
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Rudeness is a weak man's imitation of strength.
No DC here. The main structure is "rudeness is imitation."
d
114
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
A salesman is known by the customers which he keeps.
The adjective clause is "which he keeps."
a
115
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
He who works with his hands is a laborer.
The adjective clause is "who works with his hands."
a
116
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
He who works with his hands, head, and heart is an artist.
The answer is a. Adjective clause start with WHO, WHICH,
or THAT. However, these words could be omitted sometimes.
a
117
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Selling is easy if you work hard enough at it.
The answer is b. Notice the subordinate conjunction, if.
b
118
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
A woman who feels no self-admiration insults her Maker.
The answer is a
a
119
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
She feels she has no faults.
"She has no faults" is a noun clause, used as the direct
object of the verb "feels."
c
120
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If you want another to keep your secret, you keep it first.
The answer is b.
b
121
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
We are overdressed if we are all wrapped up in ourselves.
The answer is b. You really need to study the tutorial again.
b
122
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The man who sings his own praises is certainly off key.
The answer is a. Go through the tutorial again.
a
123
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
In a class discussion, silence is a wonderful substitute
for brains.
There is no DC. The IC is "silence is substitute."
d
124
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Hairy Harry believed he would be elected president.
The direct object is a noun clause. It is (he would be
elected president.)
c
125
Identify the clause type.
Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Jump if you can.
The first clause is (you jump). The second clause is (if
you can.)
b
126
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The sentence which contains a subordinate conjunction will
likely contain an adverb clause.
Remember, the adjective clause starts with WHO, WHICH,
or THAT.
a
127
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Because of the sparse rainfall, our farmers will be short
of water.
We have only an IC here. The first group of words (because
of the sparse rainfall) is a phrase.
d
128
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We all wanted to go to the movie with you.
Only one clause is present. It is an IC.
d
129
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Try to remember that night in December.
Only one clause (IC). (you) is the subject. (try) is the
verb. (to remember that night) is an infinitive phrase.
d
130
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We could use more snow in the mountains.
Only one clause is here (IC).
d
131
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The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the
pants to the seat of the chair.
no DC
d
132
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The trouble is that the car of tomorrow is being driven on
the highway of yesterday by the driver of today.
"car is being driven" is a noun clause.
c
133
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Married men have better halves, but bachelors have better
quarters.
no DC Only two IC's
d
134
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.
Miguel De Cervantes
adjective which you have It modifies "that."
a
135
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He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.
Sir Walter Scott
adjective that climbs a ladder
a
136
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Always live as if you expected to live always.
adverb as if you expected . . .
b
137
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Bertha Sue usually does something that everyone else remembers.
adjective that everyone remembers modifies something
a
138
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To believe with certainty we must begin by doubting.
King Stanislas I of Poland
no DC
d
139
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No one knows about your integrity, your sincerity, your talent
or your goodness unless you give out samples in action.
adverb unless you give . . . It answers WHY.
b
140
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Gambler, you lose when you win.
adverb when you win It answers WHEN.
Adverbs answer how, when, why, and where.
b
141
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When you start crowing, you stop growing.
adverb When you start crowing
b
142
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He that boast of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance.
Old Proverb
adjective that boast . . . It modifies "He."
a
143
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He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own
downfall.
Lao Tzu
adjective who prides . . .
a
144
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It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich
without boasting.
Chinese Proverb
no DC
d
145
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A harp is a piano in the nude.
no DC
d
146
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High heels were invented by a woman who always got kissed
on the forehead.
adjective who got kissed . . .
a
147
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A hick is a person who looks both ways before crossing a one-way
street.
adjective who looks . . .
a
148
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A hug is a roundabout way of expressing affection.
no DC
d
149
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My roommate is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
no DC
d
150
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When you get married, you will want a honeymoon sandwich:
just lettuce alone.
adverb When you get married
b
151
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A honeymoon is that short period between dating and debting.
no DC
d
152
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Horsepower is the power which put horses out of business.
adjective which put . . .
a
153
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A lie has always a certain amount of weight with those who wish
to believe it.
E. W. Rice
adjective who wish . . .
a
154
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The errors of faith are better than the best thoughts of
unbelief.
no DC
d
155
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The gain of lying is nothing else but not to be trusted of any,
nor to be believed when we say the truth.
Sir Walter Raleigh
adverb when we say . . .
b
156
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Faster than his tongue did make offence, his eye did heal it up.
Shakespeare
adverb . . . tongue did make . . .
b
157
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A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind.
Shakespeare
no DC
d
158
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
A wanton eye is the messenger of an unchaste heart.
no DC
d
159
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Hawthorne said that men of cold passions have quick eyes.
noun that men have . . . Used as the direct object.
c
160
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
When students boast, they may be insecure.
When students boast (adv)
b
161
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Life consists in the alternate process of learning and
unlearning, but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.
Bulwer
no DC
d
162
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
The blast that blows loudest is soonest overblown.
Smollett
adjective that blows loudest
a
163
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That extremes beget extremes is an apothegm built on the most
profound observation of the human mind. Colton
"apothegm" means a short, pity saying; a terse remark
noun That extremes beget extremes
c
164
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
Fielding
no DC
d
165
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Experience is a jewel, and it had need be so because it is so
often purchased at an infinite rate.
Shakespeare
adverb because it is . . .
Two more clause in this sentence are both IC's.
b
166
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Experience is the name men give to their follies or their
sorrows.
Musset
adjective the "which" is left out which men give . . .
That can happen sometimes with adjective clauses.
a
167
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We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed
or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
Dr. Samuel Johnson
adverb when expectation is . . .
b
168
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.
George Eliot
adverb as it seems . . .
b
169
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.
Shakespeare
no DC
d
170
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Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too
violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.
Thomas Jefferson
no DC The main IC is: games are violent and stamp . . .
We have a compound verb but just one IC.
d
171
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Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to
zeal.
Charles Buxton
noun that success is due . . . used as a direct object
c
172
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The faces which have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.
Sir Walter Scott
adjective which have charmed us most
a
173
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Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies.
Emmons
no DC
d
174
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Faith is not reason's labor but reason's repose.
Young
no DC
d
175
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
If we had no failings ourselves, we should not take so much
pleasure in finding out those of others.
Rochefoucauld
adverb if we had . . .
b
176
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Our limitations, which are many, keep us from winning the game.
adjective which are many
a
177
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She only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.
Whately
adjective "who makes efforts" modifies "she"
a
178
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They never fail who die in a great cause.
Byron
adjective "who die" modifies "they"
a
179
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Epochs of faith are epochs of fruitfulness.
Goethe
no DC
d
180
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Epochs of unbelief, however glittering, are barren of all
permanent good.
Goethe
no DC
d
181
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Press: a adj b adv c noun d no DC
Under the influence of the blessed Spirit, faith produces
holiness, and holiness strengthens faith.
Juan Valera
no DC But we do have two IC's.
d