Practice in Identifying Dependent Clauses
Below are the answers (in bold) to the exercise Practice in Identifying Dependent Clauses.
- "There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery."
(Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit, 1922) - "After he had sailed long enough, Harold made land without much trouble."
(Crockett Johnson, Harold and the Purple Crayon. Harper & Brothers, 1955) - "One evening, when the boy was going to bed, he couldn't find the china dog that always slept with him."
(Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit, 1922)
- "Rain fell on the backs of the sheep as they grazed in the meadow. When the sheep tired of standing in the rain, they walked slowly up the lane and into the fold."
(E.B. White, Charlotte's Web. Harper & Brothers, 1952) - "At a place in the valley not far from here, where the echoes used to gather and the winds came to rest, there is a great stone fortress, and in it lives the Soundkeeper, who rules this land."
(Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth. Random House, 1961) - "On foggy mornings, Charlotte's web was truly a thing of beauty. This morning each thin strand was decorated with dozens of tiny beads of water. The web glistened in the light and made a pattern of loveliness and mystery, like a delicate veil. Even Lurvy, who wasn't particularly interested in beauty, noticed the web when he came with the pig's breakfast."
(E.B. White, Charlotte's Web. Harper & Brothers, 1952) - "Following the instructions, which told him to cut here, lift there, and fold back all around, he soon had the tollbooth unpacked and set up on its stand. He fitted the windows in place and attached the roof, which extended out on both sides, and fastened on the coin box."
(Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth. Random House, 1961)
- "When the first light comes into the sky and the sparrows stir and the cows rattle their chains, when the rooster crows and the stars fade, when early cars whisper along the highway, you look up here and I'll show you something. I will show you my masterpiece."
(E.B. White, Charlotte's Web. Harper & Brothers, 1952) - "Autumn passed and winter, and in the spring, when the days grew warm and sunny, the boy went out to play in the wood behind the house. And while he was playing, two rabbits crept out from the bracken and peeped at him."
(Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit, 1922) - "Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herelf."
(E.B. White, Charlotte's Web. Harper & Brothers, 1952)
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