A Underline the subordinate clause in each of the following sentences, and identify it as being

either a noun clause, an adjective clause, or an adverb clause. ( _____ / 10 )

1. I don’t know who he went to the conference with. ________________________

2. If you don’t know the answer to a question, search for it. __________________________
3. The car, which I bought last week, is already in the shop getting fixed. ___________________
4. Who you want to become depends on the choices you make now. _____________________
5. Unless you are able to do well in school, you will not go to a good college. ________________
6. I really don’t know about whom you are speaking. _____________________
7. He doesn’t want to go to school today because he is sick. ________________________
8. Ahmed, who is a civil engineer, had the best grades in high school. ______________________
9. Before I woke up this morning, I prepared a cup of coffee. _______________________
10. Whenever he opens his mouth, trouble starts. __________________________

B Classifying each of the following sentences as being either simple, compound, complex, or
compound-complex. ( _____ / 10 )

1. Tom finished his homework and went to bed. ________________

2. Because he was tired yesterday, he did not finish his chores. __________________
3. In his book, the author detailed his journeys to different countries and his experiences in each
of those countries. __________________
4. My father once aspired to be a successful musician, but he was never able to reach his goal.
_________________
5. The Effective Executive is the best book written on leadership; however, most managers have
never heard of this book. ______________________
6. My friend just spoke to the manager, who is responsible for hiring, and the manager told him
that he has a good chance at getting the job. _____________________
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7. After getting home from work, a friend and I went to the book store, while my family stayed
home and watched TV. ________________
8. Saleh might have worked quite diligently at the end of the year; however, it was not enough
for him to pass. _________________
9. The students in 10th grade and the students in 11th grade were all told to go down to the
auditorium for the presentation. _________________
10. On Tuesday, I am expected to go the doctor to have an operation on my toe. ____________

C Choose the correct verb in the brackets that best completes the sentence. ( ____ / 15 )

1. My father and my grandfather (is, are) both deceased.

2. Most of the students in the classroom (do, does) not care about learning.
3. Both of the games last night (was, were) postponed due to rain.
4. All of the food on the table (has, have) been eaten.
5. Most of the book I am reading (has, have) been read.
6. None of computers in the lab (works, work).
7. Tom, along with David and Becky, (goes, go) to school by bus every day.
8. A fleet of ships (is, are) sailing in the ocean.
9. My binoculars (is, are) broken.
10. Business statistics (is, are) the study of mathematical data collected on consumer
consumption.
11. The Three Muskateers (was, is) written by Alexandre Dumas.
12. The number of students who failed the exam (has, have) increased.
13. Linguistics (is, are) a very complex subject to understand.
14. Physics (is, are) the most difficult class in the school.
15. One fourth of the students in our school (is, are) comedians.

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D Complete each of the following sentences by supplying at least one pronoun that agrees
with its antecedent. ( _____ / 5 )

1. Each student is responsible for ________ project.

2. Many of the students found ________ could not finish the exam because of its length.
3. Civics is an interesting area of study, but _______ is not taught in my school.
4. Neither Tom nor Harry has given me ________ homework assignment.
5. Either Samer or Noor shaved _______ moustache.
6. Everyone in the country has paid ________ taxes.
7. The Philadelphia Eagles won _______ first Super Bowl in a long time last year.
8. I read The Pickwick Papers and I consider _______ one of the funniest books Charles Dickens
wrote.
9. My friends traveled to the Philippines, and he told me _______ is a beautiful country.
10. One thousand books is a lot to read, but I believe _______ can be done.

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E Writing ( ____ / 10 )
Write a paragraph answering the following question:
“How much control over your life do you have? What makes you state that?”
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