METHODS OF SUBORDINATION: PART IV

Select the correct noun clause in the sentence below. Then choose the function of the noun clause. The detective asked me if I had heard any strange noises the night before. Noun clause: if I had heard any strange noises the night before Function of clause: direct object

Noun clause: if I had heard any strange noises the night before Function of clause: direct object

Select the correct noun clause in the sentence below. Then choose the function of the noun clause. I heard on the news that voter participation in the recent election was at an all-time low. Noun clause: Function of clause:

Noun clause: that the voter participation in the recent election was at an all-time Function of clause: direct object

Select the correct noun clause in the sentence below. Then choose the function of the noun clause. The teacher will call on whoever answers the question. Noun clause: Function of clause:

Noun clause: whoever answers the question Function of clause: object of preposition

Select the correct noun clause in the sentence below. Then choose the function of the noun clause. Whoever finishes her dinner first gets to serve dessert. Noun clause: whoever finishes her dinner first Function of clause: subject

Noun clause: whoever finishes her dinner first function of clause: subject

Which of the following sentences does not have a nominative absolute? Hint: The nominative absolute can be positioned either at the beginning or end of the main clause. Since the waves had washed away much of the cliff, the house was in danger. The waves having washed away much of the cliff, the house was in danger. The town held a festival, the harvest having been so large.

Since the waves had washed away much of the cliff, the house was in danger.

Which of the following sentences does not have a nominative absolute? Hint: The nominative absolute can be positioned either at the beginning or end of the main clause. Since water was plentiful, the lawns were green all summer. Water being plentiful, the lawns were green all summer. The hurricane season being over, people returned to the cottages on the beach.

Since water was plentiful, the lawns were green all summer.

Which of the following sentences does have a nominative absolute? Hint: The nominative absolute can be positioned either at the beginning or end of the main clause. The town held a festival because the harvest had been so large. The game now being over, the contestants quietly filed out of the room. As the game was now over, the contestants quietly filed out of the room.

The game now being over, the contestants quietly filed out of the room.

Clauses may perform as nouns. True False

True

Identify the appositive in the following sentence. The building, a tall, gray structure, sat abandoned near the freeway. The building a tall, gray structure sat abandoned near the freeway

a tall, gray structure

Identify the appositive in the following sentence. She looked forward to her favorite activity, jogging on the beach, after she finished her work. jogging on the beach after she finished her work She looked forward to her favorite activity

jogging on the beach

Select the correct noun clause in the sentence below. Then choose the function of the noun clause. The real question is whether he will be on time to the concert tonight. Noun clause: Function of clause:

noun clause: whether he will be on time to the concert tonight. function clause: predicate noun

Identify the appositive in the following sentence. When the child reached for his great grandmother's candy dish, he remembered his mother's instructions, that he should only choose one piece. When the child reached for his great grandmother's candy dish that he should only choose one piece he remembered his mother's instructions

that he should only choose one piece

Identify the appositive in the following sentence. It is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Weldon Smithson, the famous etymologist. the famous etymologist It is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Weldon Smithson, the famous etymologist It is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Weldon Smithson

the famous etymologist

Identify the appositive in the following sentence. His mission, to climb Mt. McKinley, was yet to be accomplished. His mission was yet to be accomplished to climb Mt. McKinley

to climb Mt. McKinley