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1. 1.

   Identify the finite verb in each sentence and mark out the clauses in each.

   1. Everybody left after the ceremony.
   2. Inviting your cousin was a terrible idea.
   3. I love eating paratha.
   4. They expect that Tina would do all the work.
   5. Rohit believes that Seema is beautiful.
   6. Ram said that he had to leave.
   7. Meena has submitted her paper.
   8. If they are deprived of oxygen, the animals will die.
   9. He played badminton yesterday.
   10. As he walked down the road, he felt calmer.
   11. He was tricked many times before, but he was smarter this time.
2. 2.

   Identify the main clause and subordinate clause in each of these sentences.

   1. The old man picked up the bottle that was lying on the ground.
   2. Mother was alarmed to see the front door open when she came home.
   3. You can eat whatever you like.
   4. When we were in Mumbai, we always walked to school.
   5. The little girl who is singing is my niece.
   6. The car that is at the gate belongs to my friend.
   7. The judge declared that the defendant was innocent.
   8. Mr Gupta makes New Year resolutions which he never keeps for more than a day.
3. 3.

   Underline the adjective clauses in these sentences and write the relative pronoun or adverb which introduces each such clause.

   1. Which is the house where your uncle lives?
   2. I am grateful to my teacher whose guidance helped ma a lot.
   3. This is the time when we should unite against corruption.
   4. I don't know the man she wants to marry.
   5. A spider, which has eight legs, is not an insect.
   6. His sister, who is younger than him, is much smarter.
   7. This is the reason why I sent him away.
   8. Is this the building that your sister designed?
   9. The dog that he bought barks all night.
   10. We obeyed all the instructions the teacher gave us.
4. 4.

   Underline the subordinate clause in each sentence and write whether it is a noun clause or an adjective clause.

   1. I know a man who can read a book backwards.
   2. He saw that he is a vegetarian.
   3. We saw a movie that I had seen before.
   4. Do you think I don't know the answer.
   5. Please tell me how to bake a cake.
   6. I saw that the child was going to cry.
   7. Your statement-that 70 percent of our population is illiterate - is not true anymore.
   8. Nishi does not know how to answer.
   9. Nobody knows when Sumit will arrive.
   10. What he told me was a lie.
   11. There is a tunnel here that leads to the other side of the fort.
   12. Who will tell me what this sentence means?