In: Economics
6. Combine the following sentences using a noun clause:
Why would the pilot suddenly resign? I do not know the reason.
7. Combine the following sentences using a subordinate clause
that expresses condition:
Taxi drivers will mount protests in a month. This is because the
government is likely to insist on introducing premium taxi services
through franchises.
8. Rewrite the following sentence using the word ‘despite’:
Although Edward had already completed his doctoral studies, he failed to secure an academic position.
9. Combine the following sentences using a relative clause with
the relative pronoun ‘whom’:
Barack Obama is a Nobel Prize winner. I have great respect for
him.
10. Combine the following sentences into a single sentence using
two defining relative clauses:
Tim sold his car to a woman. The woman’s husband had a job. The job
required a car.
6. I do not know why the pilot would suddenly
resign.
'I do not know' is the main clause.
'why the pilot would suddenly resign' is the noun clause; it is the
object of the verb 'do (not) know' in the main clause.
7. If the government insists on introducing premium taxi services through franchises taxi drivers will mount protests in a month.
Taxi drivers will mount protests in a month is the main
clause.
If the government insists on introducing premium taxi services
through franchises is the subordinate (adverb) clause of
condition.
8. Despite having completed his doctoral studies, Edqard
failed to secure an academic position.
The sentence is now a simple sentence.
9. Barack Obama, for whom I have great respect, is a
Nobel Prize winner.
Barack Obama is a Nobel Prize winner - main clause.
for whom I have great respect - subordinate relative (adjective)
clause.
10. Tim sold his car to a woman, whose husband had a job
that required a car.
Tim sold his car to a woman - main clause
whose husband had a job - relative clause (1)
that required a car - relative clause (2)