BBC Compacta Class 7 Solutions - Classroom Assignment- 93

(A) Identifying the number of clauses in each sentence.

I am a man of a few words.

  Simple: 1

Handsome is he who handsome does.

Simple: 1

I don’t like that anyone should disturb me when I am studying.

Complex: 2

She feared that she would drown if she jumped into the swimming pool.

Complex: 3

Who is the Prime Minister of India?

Simple: 1

(B)

I am looking for a good book of Grammar.

Simple (S)

I don’t know what I should say.

Complex (CP)

The boy who beat me yesterday is absent.

Complex (CP)

A cool breeze was blowing and birds were chirping.

Compound (CO)

She had come late, so she missed the opening scene of the play.

Compound (CO)

If not only insulted me but also beat me.

Complex (CP)

He you work hard, you’ll get good marks.

Complex (CP)

Section C: Combine the following pairs of sentences

Vivekananda started his speech. Everyone in the audience became quiet.

Simple: Vivekananda started his speech, and everyone became quiet.

Compound: Vivekananda started his speech, so everyone became quiet.

Complex: When Vivekananda started his speech, everyone became quiet.

He was very nervous. He could not answer the questions properly.

Simple: He was very nervous and could not answer the questions properly.

Compound: He was very nervous, so he could not answer the questions properly.

Complex: He was so nervous that he could not answer the questions properly.

Section D: In the following sentences

He who wins the competition will get a Mercedes Benz car.

Main clause: He will get a Mercedes Benz car

Subordinate clause: who wins the competition (Adjective Clause)

I know that my son is at fault.

Main clause: I know

Subordinate clause: that my son is at fault (Noun Clause)

Wherever we went, we were greeted with cheers.

Main clause: we were greeted with cheers

Subordinate clause: Wherever we went (Adverb Clause of Place)

If you laugh, the world will laugh with you.

Main clause: the world will laugh with you

Subordinate clause: If you laugh (Adverb Clause of Condition)

The man who is standing behind me is a spy.

Main clause: The man is a spy

Subordinate clause: who is standing behind me (Adjective Clause)

As soon as the teacher entered the room, there was a pin drop silence in the class.

Main clause: there was a pin drop silence in the class

Subordinate clause: As soon as the teacher entered the room (Adverb Clause of Time)

I want to know where I am at fault.

Main clause: I want to know

Subordinate clause: where I am at fault (Noun Clause)