Homework Help: Grammar

Posted by mysterychicken on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 7:44pm.

I have a few more grammar questions, can someone please help me find the answer?

Choose the answer that best identifies the phrase in CAPS.

1.These flower fossils, WHICH CAME FROM A VACANT LOT, are the best that have ever been discovered anywhere in the world.
A.adjective clause
B.adverb clause
C.noun clause
D.independant clause
I think it might be either A or B

2.These fossils are important, and scientists are interested in them BECAUSE PLANTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR FLOWERS.
A.adjective clause
B.adverb clause
C.noun clause
D.independant clause
I think D's out of the choice...

3.Tell me WHAT SURPRISES YOU MOST ABOUT THESE ANCIENT PLANTS.
A.adjective clause
B.adverb clause
C.noun clause
D.independant clause
B...??

I can't spot the answer easily in these questions...Please Help! Thanks
-MC

Grammar - Ms. Sue, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 7:52pm
1. Yes, it is either A. or B. Check these sites to clarify which it is.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/adjectiveclause.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/advcls.htm

2. Check the above sites.

3. Check the above sites.
Grammar - mysterychicken, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:15pm
So after seeing those sites I think the answers are:
1.B
2.A?
3.A or C...? I think it's A

-MC
Grammar - Ms. Sue, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:32pm
Please study these carefully from the above sites.

"Recognize an adjective clause when you see one.
An adjective clause—also called an adjectival or relative clause—will meet three requirements:

First, it will contain a subject and verb.
Next, it will begin with a relative pronoun [who, whom, whose, that, or which] or a relative adverb [when, where, or why].
Finally, it will function as an adjective, answering the questions What kind? How many? or Which one?

Adverb clauses begin with subordination conjunctions
after, before, until, while, because, since, as, so that, in order that, if, unless, whether, though, although, even though, where.

Number 3 is a little tricky. The clause is the direct object of the verb. What do you think it is now?
Grammar - mysterychicken, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:42pm
A?
-MC
Grammar - mysterychicken, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:42pm
Oh, can you tell me if the first two i answered were wrong too? Thanks
-MC
Grammar - mysterychicken, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:47pm
My bad my bad. For #3 I meant, i think it's B
-MC
Grammar - Ms. Sue, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:51pm
You haven't answered the first two right, yet.

For 3, direct objects are not either adjectives or adverbs.
Grammar - mysterychicken, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:51pm
Must be C
-MC

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