Sentence with Multiple Clauses
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The document outlines the rules and examples of sentence structure, focusing on clauses, coordinate connectors, adverb connectors, and exercises for practice. It emphasizes the correct use of connectors like 'and', 'but', 'if', and various adverbial phrases to combine clauses effectively. Additionally, it includes exercises to reinforce the application of these grammatical principles.
Sentence with Multiple Clauses
- 2. A Clause A group of words containing subject and verb. Multiple Clause A sentence that have more than one clause. Make sure that every subject has a verb and every verb has a subject. Subject Verb Sentences with Multiple Clauses
- 3. Coordinate Connectors What are coordinate connectors? and but or so yet There should be a comma between them.
- 4. Coordinate Connectors Use coordinate connectors correctly. Examples: Tom is singing, and Paul is dancing. Tom is tall, but Paul is short. Tom must write the letter, or Paul will do it. Tom told a joke, so Paul laughed. Tom is tired, yet he is not going to sleep. A power failure occurred, so the lamps went out.
- 5. 1. The software should be used on a laptop computer, and this computer is a laptop. 2. The rain clouds can be seen in the distance, but no has fallen. 3. They are trying to sell their house, it has been on the market for two months. 4. So the quality of the print was not good, I changed the typewriter ribbon. 5. The lifeguard will warn you about the riptides, or she may require you to get out of the water. Exercise 6 __ __ __ __ __
- 6. 6. You should have finished the work yesterday, yet is not close to being finished yesterday. 7. The phone rang again and again, so the receptionist was not able to get much work done. 8. The missing wallet was found, but the cash and credit cards had been removed. 9. Or you can drive your car for another 2.000 miles, you can get it fixed. 10. The chemist was awarded the Nobel Prizes, he flew to Europe to accept it. Exercise 6 __ __ __ __ __
- 7. Adverb Time Adverb Cause Adverb Time & Cause • after • as • as long as • as soon as • before • by the time • once • since • until • when • whenever • while • as • because • inasmuch as • now that • since
- 8. 2 possible structures 1. S V adverb connector S V Teresa went inside because it was raining. I will sign the check before you leave. 2. Adverb connector S V, S V Because it was raining, Teresa went inside. Before you leave, I will sign the check. Adverb Time & Cause
- 9. Examples: ___ was late, I missed the appointment. Adverb Time & Cause a) I b) Because c) The train d) Since he
- 10. 1. Since the bank closes in less than an hour, the deposits need to be tallied immediately. 2. Their backgrounds are thoroughly investigated before are admitted to the organization. 3. The citizens are becoming more and more incensed about traffic accidents whenever the accidents occur at that intersection. 4. The ground had been prepared, the seedlings were carefully planted. Exercise 7 __ __ __ __
- 11. 5. We can start the conference now that all the participants have arrived. 6. The building quite vulnerable to damage until the storm windows are installed. 7. Once the address label for the package is typed, can be sent to the mail room. 8. Because the recent change in work shifts was not posted, several workers missed their shifts. Exercise 7 __ __ __ __
- 12. Exercise 7 9. The mother is going to be quite upset with her son as long as he misbehaves so much. 10. Inasmuch as all the votes have not yet been counted the outcome of the election cannot be announced. __ __
- 13. Other Adverb Connectors Adverb Condition Adverb Contrast Adverb Manner Adverb Place • if • in case • providing • provided • unless • whether • although • even though • though • while • whereas • as • in that • where • wherever
- 14. Other Adverb Connectors 2 possible structures 1. S V adverb connector S V Bob went to school even though he felt sick. I will leave at 7:00 if I am ready. 2. Adverb connector S V, S V Even though Bob felt sick, he went to school. Although I was late, I managed to catch the train.
- 15. 1. It is impossible to enter that program if you lack experience as a teacher. 2. The commandant left strict orders about the passes, several soldiers left the post anyway. 3. No one is admitted to the academy unless he or she the education requirements. 4. While most students turned the assignment in on time, a few asked for an extension. Exercise 8 __ __ __ __
- 16. 5. I will take you wherever need to go to complete the registration procedures. 6. I will wait here in the airport with you whether the plan leaves on time or not. 7. Providing the envelope is postmarked by this Friday, your application still acceptable. 8. As the nurse already explained all visitors must leave the hospital room now. Exercise 8 __ __ __ __
- 17. 9. This exam will be more difficult than usual in that it covers two chapters instead of one. 10. Though snow had been falling all day long, everyone got to the church on time for the wedding. Exercise 8 __ __
- 18. 1. Until the registrar makes a decision about your status, you must stay in an unclassified category. 2. Or the bills can be paid by the first of the month. 3. The parents left a phone number with the baby- sitter in case a problem with the children. 4. The furniture will be delivered as soon it is paid for. 5. Whenever you want to hold the meeting, we will schedule it. Exercise Skill 6-8 __ __ __ __ __
- 19. 6. The government was overthrown in a revolution, the king has not returned to his homeland. 7. Whereas most of the documents are complete, this form still needs to be notarized. 8. Trash will be collected in the morning, so you should put the trash cans out tonight. 9. It is impossible for the airplane to take off while is snowing so hard. 10. We did not go out to dinner tonight even though I would have preferred not to cook. Exercise Skill 6-8 __ __ __ __ __
- 20. 1. The President of the United States appoints the cabinet members, ___ appointments are subject to Senate approval. 2. The prisoners were prevented from speaking to reporters because ____. TOEFL Exercise Skill 6-8 a) their b) with their c) because their d) but their a) not wanting the story in the papers b) the story in the papers the superintendent did not want c) the public to hear the story d) the superintendent did not want the story in the papers
- 21. 3. Like Thomas Berger’s fictional character Little Big Man, Lauderdale managed to find himself where __ of important events took place. 4. ___ sucked groundwater from below, some parts of the city have begun to sink as much as ten inches annually. TOEFL Exercise Skill 6-8 a) it was an extraordinary number b) there was an extraordinary number c) an extraordinary number d) an extraordinary number existed a) Pumps have b) As pumps have c) So pumps have d) With pumps
- 22. 5. Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community, ___ used extremely by numerous researchers. 6. According to the hypothesis in the study, the monarchs pick up the magnetic field of the ___ migrate by following magnetic fields. TOEFL Exercise Skill 6-8 a) they are b) are c) yet they d) yet they are a) target monarchs b) target since monarchs c) target since monarchs are d) target
- 23. 7. ___ show the relations among neurons, they do not preclude the possibility that other aspects are important. 8. ___ or refinanced, the lender will generally require setting up an escrow account to ensure the payment of property taxes and homeowner’s insurance. TOEFL Exercise Skill 6-8 a) Neural theories b) A neural theory c) Although neural theories d) However neural theories a) A home is b) A home is bought c) When a home d) When a home is bought
- 24. 9. If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth’s atmosphere, ___ generally blocked by the ozone concentrated in the atmosphere. 10. Among human chromosomes, the Y chromosome is unusual ___ most of the chromosome does not participate in meiotic recombination. TOEFL Exercise Skill 6-8 a) it b) it is c) so it is d) then it a) in b) so c) and d) in that
- 25. 1. The three basic chords in ___ the tonic, the dominant, and the subdominant. 2. __ Hale Telescope, at the Palomar Observatory in southern California, scientist can photograph objects several billion light years away. TOEFL Exercise Skill 1-8 a) functional harmony b) functional harmony is c) functional harmony are d) functional harmony they are a) The b) With the c) They use the d) It is the
- 26. 3. Without the proper card installed inside the computer, __ impossible to run a graphics program. 4. The charter for Louisiana lottery was coming up for renewal, ___ spared no expense in the fight to win renewal. TOEFL Exercise Skill 1-8 a) the lottery committee b) so the lottery committee and c) so the lottery committee d) the lottery committee made a) is definitely b) because of c) it is d) is
- 27. 5. While in reality Alpha Centauri is a triple star, ___ to the naked eye to be a single star. 6. The Sun’s gravity severely distorted the path of the comet __ entered its wildly erratic orbit around Jupiter. TOEFL Exercise Skill 1-8 a) it appears b) but it appears c) appears d) despite it a) it b) when c) after the comet come into it d) once the comet
- 28. 7. Each object ___ Jupiter’s magnetic field is deluged with electrical charges. 8. As its name suggests, the Prairie Wetlands Resource Center ___ the protection of wetlands on the prairies of the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, and Nebraska. TOEFL Exercise Skill 1-8 a) enters b) it enters c) entering d) enter a) it focuses b) focuses on c) focusing d) to focus on
- 29. 9. One of the largest and most powerful birds of prey in the world, ___ a six-foot wingspan and legs and talons roughly the size of a man’s arms and legs. 10. ___ creation of such a community was a desirable step, the requisite political upheaval had to be accepted. TOEFL Exercise Skill 1-8 a) so the harpy has b) the harpy having c) with the harpy having d) the harpy has a) Since the b) The c) Later, the d) It was the