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11-Sentences and Clauses-13



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

B.13 “Mom loves her new car; she will drive it for hours.”

This is a simple sentence.
 

 2. 

B.13 “The dog was very excited, so he barked at the visitor.”

This is a compound sentence.
 

 3. 

B.13 “George worked very hard at his new job; consequently, he was promoted.”

This is a compound sentence with a conjunctive adverb connecting the two main clauses.
 

 4. 

B.13 A subordinate clause has a subject and a predicate.
 

 5. 

B.13 “The baby has been crying since he woke up.”

This is a compound sentence.
 

 6. 

B.13 “They watched the movie as it rained outside.”

The subordinate clause in this sentence functions as a noun.
 

 7. 

B.13 “Jeff celebrated all week when he found out that passed the class.”

This sentence is not a complex sentence.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 8. 

B.13 “Nick and Jack love Kentucky State College, but they did not meet the requirements needed to be accepted.”

What are the main clauses contained in this sentence?
a.
“Nick and Jack love Kentucky State College”
d.
Both A and B
b.
“but they did not meet the requirements needed to be accepted”
e.
Both A and C
c.
“they did not meet the requirements needed to be accepted”
 

 9. 

B.13 A subordinate clause
a.
stand alone as a sentence.
c.
has more than one complex sentence.
b.
has more than one subordinate clause.
d.
All of the above
 

 10. 

B.13 “Jeff celebrated all week when he found out that passed the class.”

What question does the adverb clause answer?
a.
How did Jeff celebrate?
c.
“Why did Jeff celebrate?
b.
When did Jeff celebrate?
d.
This sentence does not contain an adverb clause.
 



 
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