Exercise FINITE VERB CLAUSES examples

Exercise FINITE VERB CLAUSES  examples
1. What his wife wants = nominal (interrogative) clause, direct object of does
unless he has a good reason = adverbial (subordinate) clause
2. that the piano goes in the living room = nominal (that) clause, direct object of confirmed
3. If you have patience = adverbial (subordinate) clause
just before the sun comes up = adverbial (subordinate) clause
4. when the project report was due = nominal (interrogative) clause, direct object of knew
why we had to do it = nominal (interrogative) clause, direct object of knew
5. whose mother had known George Bernard Shaw = adjectival (relative) clause, modifying woman
6. that finally ended the long period of expansion = adjectival (relative) clause, modifying event
what we now call the Great Depression = nominal (interrogative) clause, subject complement
7. that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light = nominal (that) clause, appositive of principle.
8. that they were not allowed to use computers to write their exams = nominal (that) clause,
complement to adjective absurd
9. why we are experiencing an increasing interest in meteors = nominal (interrogative) clause, direct
object of wonder
when the threat they pose is extremely small = adverbial (subordinate) clause
10. Kate wanted to visit again and again = adjectival (relative) clause with relative pronoun that deleted,
modifies place
where she had first met Pierre = adjectival (relative) clause, modifies Eiffel Tower
EX ERCISE ANSWER KEY EX–61