Definitions
Please define a relative clause.
A relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun or pronoun.
Identify the relative pronoun in the sentence:
"The movie which made me cry is really good."
which
What is the subordinating conjunction of this sentence: Unless you hurry, we'll be late.
Unless
Correct the verb: If I was you, I'd study.
Correct was into were.
Relative clauses can start with who or when. (And also correct this sentence if this is untrue)
True
Please define an adverb clause.
An adverb clause is a dependent clause that acts as an adverb in a sentence. It modifies verbs, adjectives, adverbs, or the entire main clause.
(What's the relative clause and what's the adverb clauses)
Relative clause: which is friendly
Adverb clause: when strangers arrive
Please list all of the different relationships that adverb clauses will describe, (different types of adverb clauses) eg. adverbial clauses of time (this one doesn't count)
Adverbial clauses of place, reason, purpose, condition, concession, result, manner.
Define the first conditional and give an example.
First conditionals are used for real and possible future events. Eg: If you exercise regularly, you will feel healthier.
Second conditionals use will for the result clause. (And also correct this sentence if this is untrue)
False: they use would.
Please define conditionals.
Conditionals are sentences that usually express a hypothetical situations (condition) and its results.
Differentiate restrictive and non-restrictive clauses (Bonus 50 points if you could provide an example for either one)
A restrictive clause modifies the noun that precedes it in an essential way. (Also there are no commas.) A nonrestrictive clause, on the other hand, describes a noun in a nonessential way (which provides extra information that could be omitted) and has commas.
Examples: The dog that barks is mine. (Restrictive) The dog, which is fluffy, is mine. (Non-restrictive)
What are the differences between an adverb clause and an adverb phrase?
An adverbial clause contains a subject and a verb, while an adverbial phrase does not.
Give the structure of the second conditional.
if + past simple >> + would + infinitive.
Whom is only used in formal writing, and who can always replace it in speech. (And also correct this sentence if this is untrue)
False (Whom is the object form, e.g., The teacher whom I met – who as subject, whom as object; cannot always replace).
What are the different conditional types?
Zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional and third conditional.
When should we use "whose" in a relative clause? And when should we use "whom" in a relative clause? Compare and contrast this usage.
We use whose as a possessive form of whom. We sometimes use whom as the object of a verb or preposition, but now we usually use "who" instead of "whom."
Identify the adverb clause and the adverb clause type: She spoke slowly so that we could hear.
"So that we could hear" purpose (explains why she spoke slowly)
Write a third conditional sentence.
Eg. If she had studied, she would have passed the exam.
Adverb clauses of purpose can be reduced to to + verb. (And also correct this sentence if this is untrue)
True.
Combine past condition + present/future result.
Rewrite the sentence without preposition stranding (a fallacy where a preposition is left without a subject)
The song I listen to.
Eg. The song to which I listen to.
Label the adverb clause (and its clause type) as well as the relative clause in the sentence:
"Although tired, he finished the task, which surprise us."
Adverb clause: Although tired (concession)
Relative clause: Which surprised us
Create a mixed conditional sentence.
Eg. If I had saved money, I could buy a car now.
Mixed conditionals combine only past and future tenses. (And also correct this sentence if this is untrue)
F (They combine past condition + present/future result, not past + future tenses directly).