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PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENT 1.3.3

THE COMPOSITE AND THE COMPLEX SENTENCE IN
THE CONTRASTIVE LANGUAGES

I. Identify complex sentences in the passages below.
Dwell upon the types of clauses in these sentences; describe the
means of connection of subordinate clauses to the matrix
clause.
1. There are many players who might with the Masters,
many who could. But the feeling about Faldo is that if he is at the
top of his game, he could win it. That he is ranked only No 4 in the
world at the moment is due to the eccentricity of the system. His
first Masters win has now slipped from his ranking points
(newspaper writing).
2. Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole has said, “If
World War III were declared, the media would still ask me about
abortion”.
Upon the differences within the GOP regarding abortion no
longer is in doubt. That they don’t just as enthusiastically dissect
the differences within the Democratic Party regarding abortion and
same-sex marriages is a troubling example of poor journalism
(newspaper writing).

II. Identify the type of adverbial clauses in the sentences
below. Identify the type of subordinator in each sentence.
1. Whenever I phone them up they all pretend to have
emigrated to Australia (conversation).
2. Because schizophrenia is a brain disorder, it’s nobody’s
fault, she says (newspaper writing).
3. For hours he sat there as if deliberately waiting me out
(fiction writing).
4. It’s not my fault if you don’t pass your exam
(conversation).

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