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title: Clauses: main, subordinate and joining words — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 28 «Clauses: main, subordinate and joining words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Clauses: main, subordinate and joining words

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The 14 questions of lesson 28 «Clauses: main, subordinate and joining words» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t1/) — «'Because it was raining.' is a sentence cos it's got a full stop». What's the best reply? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t2/) — ★★ «Although she was tired Amy finished the race.» Where does the comma go? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t3/) — ★★ «after the match» is a phrase. Which change turns it into a clause? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t4/) — ★★★ «When the bell rang, the children who were waiting ran out.» How many clauses are there? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t5/) — ★★★ Which sentence has a subordinate clause at the END and so needs no comma? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t6/) — ★★★ Swap the clauses round and punctuate: «You'll catch the bus if you're quick.» — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t7/) — In a cartoon, a robot speaks only in subordinate clauses: «Because I am hungry. When the oil runs out.» Why does it sound strange? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t8/) — What would happen if a whole story was one sentence joined by «and then… and then…»? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t9/) — «our kid says 'if' is just a word, not a conjunction». What's true? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/t10/) — «the wee lad ran home, his mam was waiting». Which fix is correct? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/e1/) — Identify the main clause in the sentence «If you are quick, you will catch the bus». — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a subordinate clause? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established conventions concerning a subordinate clause placed before the main clause. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/28-clauses-main-subordinate-and-joining-words/e4/) — Ascertain which of the following constitutes a phrase rather than a clause. — right ✓ · exam

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