Underline the clauses in the following sentences and state what kind of clausesthey are:(a) As he was not there, I spoke to his brother.(b) The house where Nazrul was born is in Churulia.(c) She said that she would return soon.(d) Have you read the book which you borrowed from me?Identify the following sentences as simple, complex or compound sentence:(i) He is too tired to walk alone.(ii) I have a friend who lives in Mumbai.(iii) Priyam wrote a letter but he got no reply.(iv) Being ill, I could not attend school.(v) She told me that she would enter a house which is believed to be haunted.(vi) The sun shines brightly and the flowers bloom.
Answers
Answer:
a. Adverbial Clause b. Adjective Clause c. Noun Clause d. Adjective Clause
i. complex sentence ii. compound sentence iii. compound sentence iv. complex sentence v. compound sentence vi. compound sentence
Explanation:
Adverbial Clause- It is a dependent clause that acts as an adverb in a sentence. There are different types of Adverbial Clause like Manner, Time, Purpose, Place, Condition, Reason , Comparison. After, before, in order to, where, while are used as a keyword to determine Adverbial clause.
Adjective Clause- It is a dependent clause that acts as an adjective.
Noun Clause- It is a dependent clause that acts as a noun.
Compound Sentence are those independence sentences which are connected by either conjunctions or comma.
Complex Sentence are those in which one is independent clause and dependent clause.
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Answer:
Clauses:
a) Adverbial Clause b) Adjective clause
c) Noun clause d) Adjective clause
Type of sentences:
i) simple sentence ii) complex sentence iii) compound sentence
iv) simple sentence v) complex sentence vi) compound sentence
Explanation:
a) Adverbial clause
It is a group of words which work as a verb
In given sentence As he was not there Adverbial clause.
b) Adjective clause
It is a group of words which work as a Adjective
In given sentence where Nazrul was born is in Churulia is Adjective clause.
c) Noun clause
It is group of words which work as Noun
In given sentence that she would return soon is the Noun clause.
d) In given sentence which you borrowed from me? is the Adjective clause
Simple sentence:
The sentence which consist one phrase and one main clause.
In given sentence
(i) He is too tired to walk alone.
ii) Being ill, I could not attend school.
[ By seeing bold underlined words we can identify them as Simple sentences ]
Complex Sentence:
The sentence which consist one sub-ordinate clause and one main clause.
In given sentences
(ii) I have a friend who lives in Mumbai.
(v) She told me that she would enter a house which is believed to be haunted.
[ By seeing bold underlined words we can identify them as complex sentences ]
Compound sentences:
The sentence which consist two or more main clauses.
In given sentences
(iii) Priyam wrote a letter but he got no reply.
(vi) The sun shines brightly and the flowers bloom.
[ By seeing bold underlined words we can identify them as compound sentences ]
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