THE COMPOSITE SENTENCE

Part 2. Train Your Competence

PRACTICE TEST
(30 points)

Task 1. Define the type of the adverbial clause in the following sentences. (9 points)


  • You are not doing it in the same way that you did it before.
  • Then, as though a shock of electricity had passed through her body, she began to scream.
  • Everywhere I look these days, I seem to see people dressed the same.
  • He is so tall that he can easily touch the ceiling.
  • I had to repeat the question several times before Jenny got the hang of it.
  • Agnes closed her eyes so that she might imagine herself on the deck of the ship.
  • We will arrive on time provided that the train does not stop again.
  • No matter where you live, the weather will have some effect on you.
  • Helen plays extremely well, considering how young she is.
  • cause
  • purpose
  • condition
  • concession
  • manner
  • time
  • comparison
  • place
  • result

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Task 2. Choose the appropriate conjunction in the sentences. (10 points)
1. she wakes up, I will tell her you are here.
2. you are busy, we can talk now.
3. The guide marked the path carefully for the party they should not get lost on their way back.
4. Tina was given the job, she did not have the required experience.
5. I admire his earlier work, I think that his recent novels are rather poor.
6. you see anything move, press this alarm bell.
7. she has only been playing the piano for six months, Jan plays really well.
8. the distances involved are immense, any voyage outside our solar system would take hundreds of years.
9. I’ll give you a day off you work on Saturday morning.
10. You can use my car you drive carefully.

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Task 3. Translate the underlined parts into English. (11 points)
1. You must do something пока не it is too late.
2. Теперь, когда Andrew is married, he has become much more responsible.
3. We have a burglar alarm на случай, если somebody tries to break in.
4. You’ll enjoy the concert при условии, что you like Beethoven. (Use the conjunction which is derived from a verbal form.)
5. I will be back tomorrow если не there is a plane strike.
6. They got wet through несмотря на то, что they took an umbrella.
7. Let’s have an early night чтобы we will be fresh in the morning.
8. Explain it так, чтобы your granny can understand it.
9. Так как it was his birthday, they bought him a gift.
10. Most women are not as young как they are painted.
11. Every morning he drives to the City где he works as a staff manager.

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