Exercise 4

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 499.

Define the type of the subordinate clauses joined by “where” and state whether “where” is a conjunction, a conjunctive adverb or a relative adverb.

Exercise 3

1. The car which had passed him and lost him and then returned was just where it should have been, just where the player had desired it to be (Grimm).

2. No one knew where the fighting was (Mitchell).

3. Turning to the right she ran down the side garden path to where she had seen the face (Christie).

4. The doctor mopped his brow and cast a quizzical glance at the corner, where his wife sat among the chaperons (Mitchell).

5. But he isn't where she thinks he is (Christie).

6. Tuppence had intended taking her for a walk, but it was raining hard, so the two of them adjourned to the bedroom where Betty led the way to the bottom drawer of the bureau where her playthings were kept (Christie).

7. Dear Raymond knows that if only I know where he is or where he is going I don't worry quite so much (Christie).

8. That was where they walked up the sleigh-smoothened road (Hemingway).

9. Where the conference was didn't matter much.

Complete the sentences and define the type of the subordinate clause introduced by “where”.

1. I didn't know where …

2. I met her at the place where…

3. I discovered that the book was not where…

4. The mother left the child where…

5. Where she was waiting for me is…

6. You should have gone to the town where…

7. The difficulty was where…

8. He walked straight into the hall where…

9. I hoped I should find her where…