Practice Exercise - Clauses | English Class 8 PDF Download

Pick out the subordinate clauses in the following sentences and say what kind of clause each is: 

1. I think that it would rain.

2. Tell me why you did this. 

3. He comes to me whenever he gets time. 

4. I was glad to know that he had won the first prize. 

5. What you say is totally wrong.

6. I am not sure what I have to do.

7. Do you know who he is?

8. He did not attend the meeting because he was not well.

Answers:

1. I think that it would rain.
 Ans. that it would rain — Noun Clause

2. Tell me why you did this.
Ans. why you did this — Noun Clause

3. He comes to me whenever he gets time.
Ans. whenever he gets time — Adverbial Clause

4. I was glad to know that he had won the first prize.
Ans. that he had won the first prize — Noun Clause

5. What you say is totally wrong.
Ans. What you say — Noun Clause

6. I am not sure what I have to do.
Ans. what I have to do — Noun Clause

7. Do you know who he is?
Ans. who he is? — Noun Clause

8. He did not attend the meeting because he was not well.
Ans. because he was not well — Adverbial Clause