Subordinate Clauses
Subordinate Clauses
Exercise A: Rewrite and complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Place time
expressions at the end of the sentences.
Example: She is in great form (every week / because / goes / she / to the gym)
Answer: She is in great form because she goes to the gym every week.
4. We are glad (at home / did not leave / that / we / our umbrella)
We are glad that we did not leave our umbrella at home.
8. I'd like to know (her holiday / why / does not spend / she / in France)
I'd like to know why she does not spend her holiday in France.
10. He was reading the paper (she / in the garden / was working / while)
He was reading the paper while she was working in the garden.
Exercise B: State whether the subordinate clause is an adjective clause, adverb clause or noun
clause in each of the following sentences.
a) Noun clause 8. I still live in the same city where I was born.
b) Adjective clause
c) Adverb clause a) Noun clause
b) Adverb clause
3. Just as he entered the room, the clock c) Adjective clause
struck eleven.
9) He met a girl whose eyes were blue.
a) Adjective clause
b) Adverb clause a) Noun clause
c) Noun clause b) Adverb clause
c) Adjective clause
4. If you eat too much, you will fall ill.
10. I often wonder how you are getting on.
a) Noun clause
b) Adjective clause a) Adverb clause
c) Adverb clause b) Adjective clause
c) Noun clause
5. We asked him many questions when he
returned. 11. He asked me where I lived.
6. My parents were poor though they were 12. The fact that he is silent proves his guilt.
of noble birth.
a) Adjective clause
a) Adjective clause b) Noun clause
b) Noun clause c) Adverb clause
c) Adverb clause