Write three sentences illustrating adjective clauses, three illustrating adverbial clauses, and three illustrating noun clauses.

Exercise 72

Name all the clauses in [Exercises 179], [185], and [186]. Explain the use of each.

Exercise 73

Write sentences using each of the following words to introduce a phrase, and to introduce a clause.

1. after3. for5. until
2. before 4. since

Remember that just as a preposition must be followed by an object to form a phrase, a conjunction must be followed by a subject to form a clause.

Illustration

I have not seen him since Christmas.—Object.
he went away.—Subject.

Exercise 74