Complex Sentence Quiz 0 votes, 0 avg 5 Grammar Complex Sentences This quiz will text the students' ability to recognize the various clauses in a sentence. Hint Remember that the main clause can stand alone as a complete sentence. Read more. 1 / 7 1. What is the main clause of this sentence? Imprisonment as used as punishment is a form of negative punishment in that it serves to take away positive aspects such as freedom. A. a form of negative punishment in that it serves B. it serves to take away positive aspects such as freedom C. in that it serves to take away positive aspects such as freedom. D. Imprisonment as used as punishment is a form of negative punishment Imprisonment as used as punishment is a form of negative punishment in that it serves to take away positive aspects such as freedom. This clause can stand alone as a complete sentence: Read more. Imprisonment as used as punishment is a form of negative punishment. Hint Remember that the adjective clause acts to modify a noun, pronoun, or gerund. Read more. 2 / 7 2. What is the adjective clause of this sentence? Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? A. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, B. which is simply the loss of freedom C. isn’t it reasonable to conclude that D. that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment...would be even less effective? Remember that an adjective clause modifies a noun or pronoun whereas a noun clause can act as a subject or object of the verb. The red text modifies imprisonment. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? Hint Which clause cannot stand alone? Remember that a subordinate clause modifies other elements. Read more. 3 / 7 3. What is the subordinate clause of this sentence? Imprisonment as used as punishment is a form of negative punishment in that it serves to take away positive aspects such as freedom. A. Imprisonment as used as punishment B. Imprisonment as used as punishment is a form of negative punishment C. in that it serves to take away positive aspects such as freedom. D. to take away positive aspects such as freedom. The red text answers the question: Why is imprisonment a form of negative punishment? Imprisonment as used as punishment is a form of negative punishment in that it serves to take away positive aspects such as freedom. Hint Remember that a main clause is an independent clause that can form a complete sentence. 4 / 7 4. What is the main clause of this sentence? Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? A. isn’t it reasonable to conclude B. which is simply the loss of freedom C. the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment D. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, The red text is the main clause, but since the verb is transitive, it needs an object. The noun clause becomes the object. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? Hint Remember that a clause must contain one and only one unique subject/predicate pair. 5 / 7 5. How many subordinate clauses are there in this sentence? Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1 The red is an adverbial clause, the green is the main clause, the tourquoise is a noun clause with a nested adjective clause in yellow. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? Hint Like an adverb, and adverbial clause answers questions like: When, where, why, and how. Read more. 6 / 7 6. What is the adverbial clause in this sentence? Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? A. which is simply the loss of freedom B. the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment would be even less effective? C. isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment D. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective This clause answers why it is reasonable to conclude. Therefore,the red clause is an adverbial clause. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? Hint Remember that a noun clause acts as a noun. It can be either the subject of the sentence or the object of the verb or prepoition. Read more. 7 / 7 7. What is the noun clause in this sentence? Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? A. isn’t it reasonable to conclude B. that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment...would be even less effective? C. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective D. which is simply the loss of freedom The noun clause is the object of the verb "to conclude". In this sentence, an adjective clause (green) is nested inside of the noun clause. Since torturous forms of punishment have historically been proven to be ineffective, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that the use of imprisonment as a means of punishment, which is simply the loss of freedom, would be even less effective? Your score is LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Send feedback