1. A large part of the meaning of a clause or sentence will depend on the perspective show by the subordinating conjuction. For instance, in the sentence "Jeremty took off his shoes that he would not ruin the carpet", the perspective of the subordinator is: a. purpose. b. concession. c. time.
2. there are some characteristics that distinguish subirdinate clauses from main clauses; for example, relative and adverbial clauses cannot stand on their own because they do not express full meaning when they are in isolation; in addition, they only appear... a. as interrogative and declarative structures. b. as declarative constructions. c. as imperative and declarative constructions.
3. they are used to introduce dependent clauses which cannot function as a sentence all by itself because it does not express full meaning. a. coordinator. b. subordinator. c. relative clause.
4. in the sentence taken from spoken English "Bertha was wondering who did you ask for help "the subordinate clause is... a. a relative clause showing an interrogative structure. b. a complement clause showing an interrogative structure. c. an adverbial clause showing an interrogative structure. .
5. in the sentence "your father would like to tell him what the situation is", the structure of the subordinate clause "what the situation is", has the form of... a. a direct question. b. an indirect question. c. an affirmative structure.
6. there are various types of non- finite clauses which are distinguished mainly by what type of finite clause they modify. Thus, the sentence "The man reading the newspaper did not hear my song" illustrates the following structure: a. reduced adverbial nonfinitive clause. b. reduced relative nonfinitive clause c. free participle nonfinite clause.
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