SADI/Faculty of Foreign Language

YI, SII, WS102 Lecturer: Phal Boramey

QUIZ 1
I. DEPENDENT OR INDEPENDENT CLAUSES

Name: ____________________ Date:_____________________

A. INSTRUCTIONS: Each sentence contains a clause in CAPITAL letters. Decide whether this clause is dependent or independent by circling A or B. (10 marks) 1. If you don't fix the car, IT WILL CONTINUE TO LEAK OIL. A. dependent clause B. independent clause 2. WHILE THE CAR IS BEING FIXED, we will need to take the bus. A. independent clause B. dependent clause 3. It isn't necessary to cram all night IF YOU HAVE STUDIED A LITTLE EACH DAY. A. independent clause B. dependent clause 4. Before you begin studying for the exam, YOU WILL PROBABLY WANT TO REST. A. dependent clause B. independent clause 5. I can't go to the movies SINCE I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. A. independent clause B. dependent clause 6. WHETHER HE ATTENDS THE PARTY OR NOT, I have decided to go. A. dependent clause B. independent clause 7. I WILL STOP PLAYING THE DRUMS when you go to sleep. A. dependent clause B. independent clause 8. SINCE YOU'VE TAKEN YOUR EXAM IN BIOLOGY, you probably don't feel like studying for tomorrow's exam in math. A. independent clause B. dependent clause 9. Until he apologizes to me for his rude behavior, I REFUSE TO SEE HIM. A. dependent clause B. independent clause 10. I wore my boots BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT SNOW. A. dependent clause B. independent clause

B. INSTRUCTION: Make up 2 dependent clauses and 2 independent clauses. (5 marks) Two Dependent Clauses: 1. __________________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________________ Two Independent Clauses: 3. __________________________________________________________________________ 4. __________________________________________________________________________

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SADI/Faculty of Foreign Language

YI, SII, WS102 Lecturer: Phal Boramey

II.

ADJECTIVE, ADVERB, OR NOUN CLAUSES

A. INSTRUCTIONS: Identify the type of clauses in bold in the following sentences. In the answer boxes below, write A for Adjective Clause (10 marks) B for Adverb Clause C for Noun Clause 1. Although Americans love to travel to foreign countries, they seldom learn to speak other languages. 2. My sister, who teaches Spanish and Italian in New York, says that she had more students twenty. 3. She wrote a book about what she has learned over the years. 4. What she worries about is the general decline in American language-learning skills. 5. She believes that American families used to take more pride in learning second languages. 6. The internet, which has become such a global phenomenon, contributed to a wide use of English. 7. My sister's conviction is that American could use the internet to help them learn other languages. 8. English is the dominant language on the internet because the American computer industry dominates the rest of the world. 9. When non-Americans get on the internet, they frequently are trying to improve their English. 10. What computers have meant to language learning has surprised everyone in the world. Write your answers (A, B, or C) in these boxes below: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B. INSTRUCTION: Make up 4 sentences as instructed below. (5 marks) One sentence containing adjective clause: _______________________________________________________________________________ One sentence containing adverb clause: _______________________________________________________________________________ Two sentences containing noun clauses: 1.______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2.______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

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