Assigment 3
Questions
1.
What is relative clauses? Explain and
find passage then determine its relative clause ! ( Underline Them).
2.
What is conditional sentences? How many
types are there! Give examples min 5 for each type!
Answer
1.
Relative Clause
are non-assential parts of sentence. They may add meaning, but if they are
removed. The sententence will still function grammatically.
We
use relative clauses to give additional information about something without
starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, your text becomes more
fluent and you can avoid repeating certain words.
a. Defining Clauses
or Identifiying Clause tells us which specific person or thing we are talking
about in alarger group of people or things.
If
a defining relative clause is removed, the meaning of the sentence change
significantly. A defining relative clause is not separated from the rest of the
sentence by commas or parentheses.
Examples
:
1. The
woman who visited me in the hospital was very kind.
2. The
man who stole my backpack has been arrested
3. The
umbrella that I bought last week is already broken.
b. Non-Defining Clauses
A
non-defining clause gives us more information about the person or thing we are
talking about. If a non-defining relative clause is removed from a sentence, we
lose some detail, but the overall meaning of the sentence remains the same.
Non-defining relative clauses are always set off from the rest of the sentence
with commas or parentheses.
Examples:
1. The
author, who graduated from the same university I did, gave a wonderful
presentation.
2. The
farmer, whose name was Fred, sold us 10 pounds of potatoes.
3. Elephants,
which are the largest land mammals, live in herds of 10 or more adults.
2.
Conditional
Sentences are also known as conditional clauses of if clauses.
They are used to express that the action in the main clause (Without if) can
only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled.
Types
of Conditional Sentences
a.
It’s possible and also very likely that
the condition will be fulfilled.
Form
: if + simple present (will, future)
-
If I
find Her address, I’ll send her an invititation.
-
If I
have enough time, I’ll watch tv every evening.
-
If I
have enough time , I will watch tv later on tonight
-
If I
don’t’t see Him this afternoon, I will call Him in the evening.
-
If
John has the money, He will buy a Ferrari.
b.
It’s possible but very unlikely, that
the condition will be fulfilled.
Form
: if + simple past (would + infinitive)
-
If I
found Her address, I would send Her an invitation.
-
If I
had enough time, I would watch tv now or later on.
-
If I
had a lot of money, I wouldn’t stay here.
-
If I
were you, I wouldn’t do this.
-
If John
had the money, He would buy a Ferrari.
c.
It’s impossible that the condition will
be fulfilled because it refers to the past.
Form
: if + past perfect (would + have + past participle)
-
If
I had found Her address, I would have sent Her an
invitation.
-
If I had had enough time, I
would have watched tv yesterday.
-
If I hadn’t studied, I wouldn’t
have passed my exams.
-
If John had had the money, He
would have bought a Ferrari.
-
I would have sent
Her an invitation if I had found Her address. (Example without comma)
