BSEd English 1

Lesson 7 activity

I.
1. Jane believes that the earrings she got from Susan are real silver.
- Jane believes that the earrings she got from Susan are real silver. (Main
Clause)
- that the earrings she got from Susan are real silver (Complement Clause)
- she got from Susan (Relative Clause)

2. I’ll believe it when I see it.

- I’ll believe it (Main Clause)
- when I see it (Adverbial Clause of Time)

3. If you think Scotland are ever going to win the European Championship, you
must be a real optimist.
- If you think Scotland are ever going to win the European Championship
(Adverbial Clause of Condition)
- Scotland are ever going to win the European Championship (Complement
Clause)
- you must be a real optimist (Main Clause)

4. The article in which the theory was put forward is now unobtainable.
- The article in which the theory was put forward is now unobtainable.
(Main Clause)
- in which the theory was put forward (Relative Clause)
5. That Helen is to marry the man she met on holiday has surprised all her
friends.
- Helen is to marry the man she met on holiday has surprised all her friends.
(Main Clause)
- That Helen is to marry the man she met on holiday (Complement
Clause)
- she met on holiday (Relative Clause)

6. Celia did not say that you could keep the book that you borrowed.
- Celia did not say that you could keep the book that you borrowed. (Main
Clause)
- that you could keep the book that you borrowed Complement Clause that
you borrowed (Relative Clause)

7. Because you are flying non-stop, you will probably have severe jet-lag.
- Because you are flying non-stop (Adverbial Clause of Reason)
- you will probably have severe jet-lag (Main Clause)

8. He promised that he would be here on time, though I find it difficult to rely on

him.
- He promised that he would be here on time (Main Clause)
- that he would be here on time (Complement Clause)
- though I find it difficult to rely on him (Adverbial Clause of Concession)

9. The woman whose car you think you have dented is our MP.
- The woman whose car you think you have dented is our MP. (Main Clause)
- whose car you think you have dented (Relative Clause)
- you have dented (Complement Clause)
10. That you don’t like my home-made vodka I find difficult to believe.
- That you don’t like my home-made vodka I find difficult to believe. (Main
Clause)
- That you don’t like my home-made vodka (Complement Clause)

11. Since you think you are ready to sit the test, come along tomorrow.
- Since you think you are ready to sit the test (Adverbial Clause of Reason)
- our are ready to sit the test (Complement Clause )
- come along tomorrow (Main Clause)

12. That the club regained the trophy dismayed the teams that had better players.
- That the club regained the trophy dismayed the teams that had better
players. (Main Clause)
- That the club regained the trophy (Complement Clause)
- that had better players (Relative Clause)

II.

1. We regret that the plan is impracticable.

- We regret that the plan is impracticable. (Main Clause)
- that the plan is impracticable (Complement Clause)

2. They accept the theory that the world is flat.

- They accept the theory that the world is flat. (Main Clause)
- that the world is flat (Complement Clause )

3. They accept the theory that the group proposed.

- They accept the theory that the group proposed. (Main Clause )
- that the group proposed (Relative Clause)
4. Did Fiona say who would be at the party?
- Did Fiona say who would be at the party? (Main Clause)
- Who would be at the party? (Complement Clause)

5. Which of the candidates will be elected is quite unpredictable.

- Which of the candidates will be elected is quite unpredictable. (Main
Clause)
- Which of the candidates will be elected (Complement Clause)

6. It is believed by some historians that Napoleon was poisoned.

- It is believed by some historians that Napoleon was poisoned. (Main
Clause)
- That Napoleon was poisoned (Complement Clause)

III.
1. Kirsty went out and forgot to switch off the gas fire.
(Two conjoined main clauses)

2. That she wrote several novels and threw them away.

(Two conjoined complement clauses)

3. Who ignored the ban and printed the story might find themselves in prison.
(Two conjoined relative clauses)

4. If you go walking on the hills in winter and do not take proper equipment, you
are asking for a trouble.
(Two conjoined adverbial clauses of condition)
VI.
1. They are pioneering a new geography in which they will establish when new
races settled in particular regions.
- They are pioneering a new geography in which they will establish when
new races settled in particular regions (Main Clause)
- in which they will establish when new races settled in particular regions
(Relative Clause)
- when new races settled in particular regions(Complement Clause)

2. A geneticist says the Pacific islands are an ideal testing ground for the theory
that the Pacific was colonised from west to east.
- A geneticist says the Pacific islands are an ideal testing ground for the
theory that the Pacific was colonised from west to east. (Main Clause)
- the Pacific islands are an ideal testing ground for the theory that the Pacific
was colonised from west to east (Complement Clause)
- that the Pacific was colonised from west to east (Complement Clause)

3. The history begins with the day when the chief medical officer for Vanuatu
noticed that a large number of people there suffered from anaemia.
- The history begins with the day when the chief medical officer for Vanuatu
noticed that a large number of people there suffered from anaemia. (Main
Clause)
- when the chief medical officer for Vanuatu noticed that a large number of
people there suffered from anaemia (Relative Clause)
- that a large number of people there suffered from anaemia (Complement
Clause)

4. He was advised to treat them with iron supplements so he contacted scientists

at Oxford who found that half of the donors suffered from alpha-thalassaemia,
which is usually linked to the presence of malaria.
 - He was advised to treat them with iron supplements. (Main Clause)
- so he contacted scientists at Oxford who found that half of the donors
suffered from alpha-thalassaemia, which is usually linked to the presence
of malaria
(Adverbial Clause of Result/Consequence)
- who found that half of the donors suffered from alpha-thalassaemia,
which is usually linked to the presence of malaria ( Relative Clause )
- that half of the donors suffered from alphatha-lassaemia, which is usually
linked to the presence of malaria (Complement Clause)
- which is usually linked to the presence of malaria (Relative Clause)

5. It seems that the gene protects against malaria since carriers of the alpha 3.7
mutant will not die of malaria even if they contract a severe bout.
- It seems that the gene protects against malaria (Main Clause)
- since carriers of the alpha 3.7 mutant will not die of malaria even if they
contract a severe bout (Adverbial Clause of Reason)
- even if they contract a severe bout (Adverbial Clause of Condition)

6. Although anthropological studies have been inconclusive previous biological

research has suggested that there was no contact while the Melanesians were
moving east.
- Although anthropological studies have been inconclusive (Adverbial Clause
of Concession)
- previous biological research has suggested that there was no contact while
the Melanesians were moving east (Main Clause)
- that there was no contact while the Melanesians were moving east
(Complement Clause)
- while the Melanesians were moving east (Adverbial Clause of Time)