English Grammar

A University Course

Third Edition

Chapter 7

Chapter 7 Combining Clauses into Sentences (Explanatory material)

  • 7.31.1 Complete the following definitions.
  • 7.31.2  Mark the following sentences as simple, compound  or complex.
  • 7.31.3 Say which of the following are clausal and which are non-clausal.
  • 7.32.1 Mark the following subtypes of coordination as listing, unlinked, correlative or intermediate (coordination-subordination).
  • 7.32.2 Say what level of coordinated units are used in the following.
  • 7.32.3 Which of the following expressions are not in their conventionally fixed order?
  • 7.33.1 Fill in the blanks with one of the conjunctive prepositions [whereas, but for the fact that, instead of, while], or a supplementive clause with Which
  • 7.33.2 Match each main clause with a participial supplementive from the block below.
  • 7.34.1 Give the hypothetical and the counterfactual versions of the following open conditional sentences.
  • 7.34.1(2) ! Brain-teaser:  When is an if-clause not a conditional clause?
  • 7.34.2  Other expressions with if: as if, if ever, if only, it’s not as if. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences, using one of the above.
  • 7.34.3 Idiomatic expressions: If I were you (giving advice), If in doubt. Try to insert these into sentences.
  • 7.35.1 Which of the two sentences below contains a pragmatic conjunction?
  • 7.36.1 Give one or more reported forms for each of the following statements, questions or directives.