Tuesday, 4 December 2012

EF2/3 Adverb and Adjective Clause practice


Adverb Clauses
1.  If my mother is busy, I will cook supper.
John’s mother will be happy if he gets married.
2.  I was reading a book when my phone rang.
I will have lunch when I finish my work.
3.  After we went to the hospital, we came home.
I went to the hospital after I had an accident.
4.  I was limping because I hurt my foot. (limp v.)
I hurt my foot because I jumped too high.
My foot was painful because I did a lot of exercise yesterday.
5.  My sister was knitting while I was reading.
He was reading out loud while his children were listening.


PATTERN- MODEL

Adjective Clauses
The small old green house (that I bought) is $1,000,000.
The small house (that is on Fraser Street) is very nice.
My friend is a manager.  My friend works in the mall.
My friend is a manager and works in the mall. SIMPLE
My friend is a manager, and she works in the mall. COMPOUND
My friend who works in the mall is a manager. COMPLEX- adjective clause
The mother who was scared of the squirrel screamed.
The squirrel who was not scared of the mother hissed.
The squirrel that was looking for food jumped into the golf cart.
The paramedic who arrived in an ambulance treated Gloria.
The paramedic who treated Gloria arrived in an ambulance.

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