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Dependent Clauses and Types of Sentences Exercises

Click within the small circle to the left of your choice for each answer. A javascript box will appear to tell you that your choice is correct or incorrect. After clicking "OK" within the javascript alert, you may try another answer or proceed to the next question if your first choice was correct. The phrase "prescriptively correct" means that other possibilities might be acceptable in informal writing or speech, but the prescriptively correct option would be most recommended for formal, academic writing.

 1. What is true of the following example? "Many people probably think that politeness is simply a social lubricant."
A. It contains a prepositional phrase.
B. It contains an adjectival clause.
C. It contains an adverbial clause.
D. It contains a noun clause.
E. None of the above.

2. What is true of the following example? "The expanding economy of the 1920s created new freedom for young people, who began to break away from their families and live on their own."
A. It contains a noun clause.
B. It contains an adverbial clause.
C. It contains a relative clause.
D. It contains no dependent clause.

3. What is true of the following example? "If society as a whole cannot be rejuvenated, the individual needs to work for personal certainty."
A. It contains a noun clause.
B. It contains an adverbial clause.
C. It contains an adjectival clause.
D. It contains an appositive phrase.
E. None of the above.

4. What is true of the following example? "He did not care about why I wanted a dog."
A. It contains a noun clause.
B. It contains an adverbial clause.
C. It contains an adjectival clause.
D. It contains an appositive phrase.
E. None of the above.

5. What is true of the following example? "The man whose dog you wanted is here."
A. It contains a noun clause.
B. It contains an adverbial clause.
C. It contains a relative clause.
D. It contains an appositive phrase.
E. None of the above.

6. What is true of the following example? "College students who spend four years on their degrees generally make more money than graduates of two-year colleges."
A. It contains a restrictive noun clause.
B. It contains a non-restrictive noun clause.
C. It contains a restrictive relative clause.
D. It contains a non-restrictive relative clause.
E. None of the above.

7. What is true of the following example? "You might hurt yourself if you don't watch out."
A. It contains a noun clause.
B. It contains an adverbial clause.
C. It contains an adjectival clause.
D. It contains an appositive phrase.
E. None of the above.

8. What is true of the following example? "A man had just married an automobile."
A. It is a simple sentence.
B. It is a complex sentence.
C. It is a compound sentence.
D. It is a compound-complex sentence.
E. None of the above.

9. What is true of the following example? "The ape is accepted, and sits quietly smoking a cigar and reading a newspaper, which he holds upside down."
A. It is a simple sentence.
B. It is a complex sentence.
C. It is a compound sentence.
D. It is a compound-complex sentence.
E. None of the above.

10. What is true of the following example? "He doesn't like it, but he wants it to like him."
A. It is a simple sentence.
B. It is a complex sentence.
C. It is a compound sentence.
D. It is a compound-complex sentence.
E. None of the above.

Identifying Independent Clauses Exercises

Identifying Independent Clauses

After each sentence select the option that best describes the use of clauses in that sentence.

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1. The doctor told Charlie to lose weight and exercise vigorously for forty-five minutes a day.

This sentence has two independent clauses.

This sentence has no independent clauses.

This sentence has one independent clause.

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2. The doctor was worried that Charlie was putting on too much weight.

The section in blue is an independent clause.

The independent clause is "The doctor was worried."

This sentence has no independent clause.

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3. Charlie has a hard time sticking to a diet; he really loves rich, sweet desserts.

This sentence has two independent clauses.

This sentence has one independent clause.

This sentence has no independent clauses.

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4. In fact, the last time he tried to lose weight, he ended up actually gaining weight.

"he ended up actually gaining weight" is the only independent clause.

The section in blue is the independent clause.

This sentence has two independent clauses.

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5. Charlie has decided to hire a personal trainer because he is worried about his heart.

The section in blue is an independent clause.

This sentence has two independent clauses.

"Charlie has decided to hire a personal trainer" is the independent clause.

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6. His new personal trainer, whose name is Adriana Bongiorno, thinks Charlie may be a lost cause.

The part in blue is not an independent clause.

The part in blue is an independent clause.

This sentence has two independent clauses.

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7. That she can make him do the exercises but not stick to the diet.

The part in blue is the independent clause.

This sentence has two independent clauses.

This sentence has no independent clause.

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8. He is very good as long as Miss Bongiorno is around, but he goes to the freezer for ice-cream when she leaves.

This sentence has three independent clauses.

This sentence has two independent clauses.

This sentence has one independent clause.

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9. Charlie must learn that eating all those sweets may give him a temporary pleasure but that it's not good for his heart and that he would feel better about himself if he stopped eating all those rich and sweet foods that are not good for him.

The independent clause has three words.

The independent clause begins with the first "that."

This sentence has several independent clauses.

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10. Miss Bongiorno is starting to make a difference, though, and Charlie is starting to make some progress.

This sentence has one independent clause.

The clause following "though" is a dependent clause.

This sentence has two independent clauses.