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(6) This fact is obvious. Poets use words figuratively.
(7) Who has an imagination? Poets give word pictures. (whoever)
(8) One must think about this. What do the words suggest?
(9) Does poetry give rewards? Who reads it? (whoever)
(10) We know this. It contains many of man's noblest thoughts.
2. Combine the pairs of sentences below, using adjective clauses.
(1) Johnny had the right idea. You have just heard about him.
(2) An African elephant will measure over eleven feet high. It is full grown.
(3) P.T. Barnum was a great shownam. His circus elephant became world famous.
(4) The elephant was over ten feet high. Barnum owned it.
(5) The weight was twelve thousand pounds. It was normal.
(6) An elephant's trunk weighs three hundred pounds. It is about six feet long.
(7) We have to admire little Johnny. He answered so wisely.
(8) The elephants could not be lost. He had seen them.
3. Practice identifying adverbial clauses. Underline the adverbial clauses in these sentences. Tell which word
in the sentence is modified by the clause.
(1) Many pioneers struggled as many other heroes have struggled.
(2) Danger lurked wherever they looked.
(3) If Indians attacked, everyone fought.
(4) When sickness came, families cooperated.
(5) Although hardships increased, people continued.
(6) Pioneers struggled because dreams survived.
(7) As time passed, life improved.
4. Rewrite the following pairs of sentences to make one complex sentence. Use adverb clauses.
Example: John will attend a technical college.
He wants to be an engineer. John will attend a technical college
so that he can be an engineer.
(1) (although)
John is only sixteen.
He has already entered a university.
(2) (because)
He studied hard in high school.
He wanted to be accepted by a good university.
(3) (as if)
He always conducted himself properly.
He was older than his years.
(4) (since)
His family lived a long way from an university.
He had to move to a strange city.
(5) (when)
He reached the university.
Classes had not yet started.
(6) (while)
He was searching for a place to live.
He met a foreign student.
(7) (after)
The two boys became acquainted.
They decided to share a room.
(8) (unless)
They planned their expenditures carefully.
They would not have enough money.
(9) (before)
They looked for a room.
The two friends consulted the Dean.