CONSTRUCTION OF NOUN CLAUSES A noun clause may be used as the subject of a sentence, as the predicate, as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition, or in apposition with a noun or pronoun. Subject; as, "That he was guilty was evident." Predicate; as, "The motto of the shorthand student should be: 'Practice makes perfect." Object of transitive verb; as, "Then he had turned away and said, 'I will not wake him." Object of preposition; as, "We were talking about who won the contest." CLASSES OF SENTENCE AS TO FORM As to form, sentences may be simple, complex or compound. A simple sentence expresses a single thought. A simple sentence may have a compound subject or a compound predicate. Examples: "Order is Heaven's first law." "Boys and girls run and play." A complex sentence is a sentence containing a clause; as, "Things are not what they seem." "We build the ladder by which we rise." A compound sentence is a sentence containing two or more simple or complex sentences joined by one or more coordinate connectives; as, "Art is long, and time is fleeting." "They that were first shall be last, and the last shall be first." Name.. Grade... EXERCISE 64 Write sentences containing an infinitive phrase used as the subject; as the predicate; as an object; as an adjective; as an adverb. Write sentences containing a prepositional phrase used as an adjective; as an adverb. Write sentences containing a noun clause used as the subject; as the predicate; as the object of a transitive verb; as the object of a preposition; in apposition. Write a sentence containing an adjective clause and one containing an adverbial clause. Name.. Grade.... EXERCISE 65 Draw one line under the prepositional phrases, two lines under the infinitive phrases, and three lines under the participial phrases in the following sentences: 1. The walk in the fields was pleasant. (Deduct five per cent for each error.) 2. The merchant, having made a fortune, retired from business. 4. A river with many branches waters the land. 5. The invading army rushed into the town at daybreak. 6. Virginia the martyr was the daughter of Virginius the soldier. 7. The temple of the Jews at Jerusalem was first built by King Solomon. 8. My friend attended school at Yale during the last year. 9. King Canute sat by the seaside. 11. Cæsar, having crossed the Rubicon, hastened to reach Rome. Draw one line under the adjective clauses, two lines under the adverbial clauses, and three lines under the noun clauses in the following sentences: 9. Webster was a man whom the country will remember with pride. 10. Read books that impart information. |