Find the dependent clause in the following sentences: a)Can you guess what I want? b)When the cat is away the mice will play. c) Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. d)Nobody must expect that he can become rich without hard work. e)Strike the iron when it is hot. f)People who live glass houses do not throw stones at others. g)Make hay while the sun shines.
h)He Laughs best who Laughs last.
i)The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
j)One never regrets the effort that are taken wholeheartedly.
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Exercise 1 Underline the Clauses in the following sentences, and tell the kind of each :-
1. I asked her where she was going.
Adierb noun
2. He expected that he would win a prize./
Adiective clause
3. The boys went home when the school was over.
Adjective claus
4. He will pass if he works hard.
Noun clause.
5. No one knows where he lives,
Adverb clause
6. The mice will play when the cat is away,
Adjective clause
7. God helps those who help themselves.
Noun clause
8. This is the house where I was born.
Adjective clause
9. I do not know what she wants.
10. I think he will pass this year.
11. This is the boy who saved your child's life.
12. I met her when I was in Mumbai.
13. The dog which bit the child was mad.
14. I know who is to blame.
15. I know the man who is there.
16. This is the house that Jack built.
17. People who eat too much die early.
18. This is the beggar whom we met yesterday.
19. I know when he will come.
20. I know the time when he will come.