Underline the subordinate clause in the following sentences and state their kind.

1. Plants must get enough light and water if they are to grow properly.

2. Unless you start saving, you will be in trouble.

3. Do you know what you are doing?

4. He is a man whom I have always admired.

5. I don’t understand what he wants.

6. The girl whose leg was fractured in the accident needs surgery.

7. Do you know any shop where I can get my stereo repaired?

8. He paid no attention to what I was saying.

9. He promised that he would never betray me.

10. Though he is intelligent, he lacks experience.

11. I don’t know whether I will pass the test.

12. I will tell him as soon as he arrives.

Answers

1. if they are to grow properly (Adverb clause)

2. Unless you start saving (Adverb clause)

3. what you are doing (Noun clause)

4. whom I have always admired (Adjective clause)

5. what he wants (Noun clause)

6. whose leg was fractured in the accident (Adjective clause)

7. where I can get my stereo repaired (Adjective clause)

8. what I was saying (Noun clause)

9. that he would never betray me (Noun clause)

10. Though he is intelligent (Adverb clause)

11. whether I will pass the test (Noun clause)

12. as soon as he arrives (Adverb clause)

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