Practice 3

Exercise 1: Combine each pair of sentences into a complex one. State the function of each
subordinate clause.
1. You are leaving me. That makes me sad.
. You leaving me makes me sad.
2. Where could it be? That’s the problem.
Where it could be is the problem.
3. What were you doing this time yesterday? That’s my question.
My question is what you were doing this time yesterday.
4. What he thinks is wrong. He didn’t accept that fact.
What he thinks is wrong, and he didn't accept that fact.
5. Where did she hide my phone? It took me 2 hours to find out that
It took me 2 hours to find out where she hid my phone.
6. Economic development makes us run out of natural resources. That is the truth.
The truth is that economic development makes us run out of natural resources.
7. Why did he break my heart? This question has not been answered.
This question of why he broke my heart has not been answered.
8. What made me angry? Nobody know that
Nobody knows what made me angry.
9. How can we use this machine? We don’t know that
We don't know how to use this machine.
10. How far from your house to school? I don’t know that
I don't know how far it is from your house to school.
11. Whichever you choose. I agree with that
I agree with whichever you choose.
12. Whatever he wants. His parents give him that
His parents give him whatever he wants.
Exercise 2: Finding the mistake (if any) and correct it.

1. Does he love me? I don’t know.

I don’t know that he love me. loves Od
2. What did she do? I’m not sure.
 I’m not sure what she did. Cadj
3. She is a smart girl. That is true.
→ The true is that she is a smart girl. The truth Cs
4. What do you mean? I don’t know
 I don’t know what do you mean. Co
5. Wherever she goes. She takes a photo
 She takes a photo wherever she goes. Co
6. What her name ? I can not remember
 I can not remember what her name Od
7. I kissed him. That is surprising
→ I kissed him (S) is surprising
8. We don’t have enough money. That is our conclusion
 It is our conclusion that we don’t have enough money App
9. Many people living in Miami speak only Spanish. When I first visited Florida, I was
surprised by that.
=> When I first visited Florida, I was surprised by many people living in Miami speak only
Spanish (Cprep)
10. How can our company decrease prices? My problem is that.
=> My problem is that how our company can decrease prices (Cs)
11. Our company will be bankrupt. We must face that fact.
We must face that our company will be bankrupt. Od
12. Marry is a brilliant girl. She lives with her grandmother.
Marry is a brilliant girl who lives with her grandmother. Cs
13. Does she love me? I don’t know.
I don’t know that she loves me. Od
14. _Why did our team lose? The reason is hard to find out.
→The reason, why our team losed, is hard to find out. App
15. That Jonh is the tallest student in my class is my answer. My answer is correct.
→My answer, that John is the tallest student in my class, is correct. App
16. What you did was disrespectful. That’s what I’m trying to say.
→What I’m trying to say is what you did was disrespectful. (App)
17. We need to solve the problem. She told him so.
=> She told him that we need to solve the problem. Co

Exercise 3: Correct the mistake in the following sentences.

1. He didn't talk to me, that made me sad.
2. Inspite of I had dinner, He still invites me to go out with him.
3. Mary isn’t on the phone, that makes it difficult to contact her.
4. I will have to get my cassette recorder to repair.
5. One of the most impressive collection (A) of the nineteenth-century European paintings (B)
in the United States can(C) find (D) in the Philadelphia.
6. Tom likes to gossip about other people, so he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
7. Have a headache(A), an upset stomach, and a bad case of sunburn did not put me in a good
mood for the evening.
8. Finished the household chores, Mary decided to go shopping.
9. They work in a hospital sponsoring by the government.
10. His greatest pleasure, climbed mountains, had to be abandoned.
11. After living in London for two months, my brother got use to drive on the left.
12. As the weather changing from hot to cold, human beings have to make sure that they are able
to be familiar with the changes.
13. Alan asked if is there any special way of telling a man that he was impolite.
14. Although the teacher's advise, he didn't make any attempt to do his homework.
15. A few months later, a letter from Morty’s mother reported that Morty had been bad wounded
but that he was going to be all right.
16. She criticizes him for to be only half a man, which makes him angry.
17. This man in black is the representative of a large multinational company, where succeed in
the oil business.
18. The candidate’s goals include winning the election, enacting a national health program and
the improve the educational system.
1. He didn't talk to me, which made me sad.
2. Despite having dinner, he still invites me to go out with him.
3. Mary isn’t on the phone, making it difficult to contact her.
4. I will have to get my cassette recorder repaired.
5. One of the most impressive collections of nineteenth-century European paintings in the
United States can be found in Philadelphia. (A) collection (B) paintings (C) can be (D) found
6. Tom likes to gossip about other people, but he doesn’t like them to gossip about him.
7. Having a headache, an upset stomach, and a bad case of sunburn did not put me in a good
mood for the evening. (A) Having
8. After finishing the household chores, Mary decided to go shopping.
9. They work in a hospital sponsored by the government.
10. His greatest pleasure, climbing mountains, had to be abandoned. (A) pleasure (B)
climbing
11. After living in London for two months, my brother got used to driving on the left.
12. As the weather changes from hot to cold, human beings have to make sure that they are
familiar with the changes.
13. Alan asked if there is any special way of telling a man that he was impolite.
14. Although the teacher's advice, he didn't make any attempt to do his homework.
15. A few months later, a letter from Morty’s mother reported that Morty had been badly
wounded but that he was going to be all right.
16. She criticizes him for being only half a man, which makes him angry.
17. This man in black is the representative of a large multinational company, which
succeeded in the oil business.
18. The candidate’s goals include winning the election, enacting a national health program,
and improving the educational system. (D) improve