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CaesarCzech Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Checking Homework.

Hi can anybody tell me if Those exercises are done in correctly ?

  1. What is a complex sentence give example and identify the individual clauses and their types.

A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Independent clause functions as independent sentence in comparison to dependent clause which cant stand alone


Although he was wealthy, he was still unhappy.

Main/Independent clause

I met a friend who helped me a lot

They contacted the customer who had not paid the bill

He does not like people who are smokers

I saw a man who was crying

The professor asked many questions but no one could answer


Subordinate Clause

She loves her husband who never tells a lie

I saw a man who was crying

I met a friend who had helped me a lot


2 Rewrite the following sentences using inversion keep the meaning.


I have very rarely seen such a strikingly beatiful person. Such a strikingly beatifull person I have very rarely seen


I didn’t see a soul all day. All day I didnt see a soul.


I would have not offended you on any account. On any account I would have not offended you.


I haven’t seen that kind of tree anywhere else in the England. That kind kind of tree i have’nt seen anywhere else in the England.


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Rewrite the following sentences using inversion keep the meaning.


I have very rarely seen such a strikingly beatiful person. Such a strikingly beatifull person I have very rarely seen


I didn’t see a soul all day. All day I didnt see a soul.


I would have not offended you on any account. On any account I would have not offended you.


I haven’t seen that kind of tree anywhere else in the England. That kind kind of tree i have’nt seen anywhere else in the England.


4.Finish the sentence with a suitable verbal question tag:


Give me a hand. Would you ?

I’m positively the best friend you’ve ever had, Arent I ?

You’d rather she never called. Would’nt You ?

Let’s forget about it already. Should’nt We ?

  

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An i ndependent clause functions as independent sentence in contrast comparison to a dependent clause which can't stand alone . CaesarCzech Although he was wealthy, he was still unhappy. Did you analyze that sentence?

  • An i ndependent clause functions as independent sentence in contrast comparison to a dependent clause which can't stand alone .
  • CaesarCzech Although he was wealthy, he was still unhappy.
  • Did you analyze that sentence?
  • CaesarCzech The professor asked many questions but no one could answer That is a compound sentence.
  • CaesarCzech 2 Rewrite the following sentences using inversion keep the meaning.
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An independent clause functions as independent sentence in contrast comparison to a dependent clause which can't stand alone.

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