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- 1. UNIEURO LETRAS Português-‐Inglês Língua Inglesa V -‐ Morphosyntax Exercises -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ After each sentence select the option that best describes the use of clauses in that sentence. 1. The doctor told Charlie to lose weight and exercise vigorously for forty-five minutes a day. a) This sentence has two independent clauses. b) This sentence has no independent clauses. c) This sentence has one independent clause. 2. The doctor was worried that Charlie was putting on too much weight. a) The underlined section is an independent clause. b) The independent clause is "The doctor was worried." c) This sentence has no independent clause. 3. Charlie has a hard time sticking to a diet; he really loves rich, sweet desserts. a) This sentence has two independent clauses. b) This sentence has one independent clause. c) This sentence has no independent clauses. 4. In fact, the last time he tried to lose weight, he ended up actually gaining weight. a) "he ended up actually gaining weight" is the only independent clause. b) The underlined section is the independent clause. c) This sentence has two independent clauses. 5. Charlie has decided to hire a personal trainer because he is worried about his heart. a) The underlined section is an independent clause. b) This sentence has two independent clauses. c) "Charlie has decided to hire a personal trainer" is the independent clause. 6. His new personal trainer, whose name is Adriana Bongiorno, thinks Charlie may be a lost cause. a) The underlined part is not an independent clause. b) The part in blue is an independent clause. c) This sentence has two independent clauses. 7. That she can make him do the exercises but not stick to the diet. a) The underline part is the independent clause. b) This sentence has two independent clauses. c) This sentence has no independent clause. 8. He is very good as long as Miss Bongiorno is around, but he goes to the freezer for ice-cream when she leaves. a) This sentence has three independent clauses. b) This sentence has two independent clauses. c) This sentence has one independent clause. 9. Charlie must learn that eating all those sweets may give him a temporary pleasure but that it's not good for his heart and that he would feel better about himself if he stopped eating all those rich and sweet foods that are not good for him. a) The independent clause has three words. b) The independent clause begins with the first "that." c) This sentence has several independent clauses.
- 2. 10. Miss Bongiorno is starting to make a difference, though, and Charlie is starting to make some progress. a) This sentence has one independent clause. b) The clause following "though" is a dependent clause. c) This sentence has two independent clauses. In pairs, decide the sentence type, identify the constituent clauses. 1. They order a hamburger and fries whenever they eat at this restaurant 2. The two women washed the dishes, and then the man dried them. 3. He doesn't like to get his teeth cleaned, but he knows that it's necessary. 4. Because the bridge wasn't properly maintained by the government, it fell down. 5. Although he ate a really big dinner, now he wants to eat cake for dessert. 6. He'll be able to maintain a healthy weight if he keeps exercising. 7. The apples weren't selling very well, so he decided to have a sale. 8. If Barack Obama is the nominee for the Democratic Party, he'll run against John McCain, but it won't be an easy contest to win. 9. Polar bears are in danger of becoming extinct because the world is getting warmer. 10. Even though he prefers to eat with a fork, he chooses to use chopsticks in Chinese restaurants; however, they aren't easy to use. Write two sentences for each sentency type: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex