Exercise 17. Insert who, whom, that, which, as.

1. One oil lamp was lit in the bow, and the girl __ Mr. Trench had spotted from the bank began to sing gently __ a melancholy, sentimental and contended song about a rose — had been stained with true love's blood. 2. None of us __ were there will ever forget that day. 3. I don't believe all __ they write in these books. 4. The great protective cover under __ the Germans had operated was torn from them. 5. I call her probably the very worst woman __ ever lived in the world... 6. I saved such of the equipment __ could not be replaced, and I saved the personnel... 7. Pettinger was pleased that Prince Yasha, __ was a cool observer and a military man... estimated the situation exactly as he, himself, did. 8. There was a feeling in the air and a look on faces __ he did not like. 9. All __ I can remember is that you gave a beautiful performance.

Exercise 18. A judge gives guidance to the jury. Combine the pairs of sentences to make one that includes the prompt words given.

Pattern: He’s only fourteen. Bear that in mind. (should / borne)

The fact that he’s only fourteen should be borne in mind.

1. Maybe he didn’t do it alone. Please consider that. (possibility / that)

2. He’s never had a real father. Please consider that. (The / consideration)

3. He’s had fifteen different homes. Don’t overlook that. (fact / overlooked)

4. He’s of royal blood. I know that’s not important, but all the same. (It / importance)

5. People estimate his fortune as something in excess of $2 billion. (estimated / more)

Exercise 19.  Point out adverbial clauses of time and place.

1. My mother died when I was only four years old. 2. Sometimes at night when she couldn't go to sleep, Mrs. Turpin would occupy herself the question of who she would have chosen to be if she couldn't have been herself. 3. The lawyer stood awhile when Mr. Hyde had left him. 4. He was wild when he was young. 5. On Monday Poirot was out all day, but when he returned in the evening he flung himself into his chair with a sign of satisfaction. 6. Just as he disappeared from view a woman rushed into the room. 7. "When I was your age, young Tom," said Bounderby, "I was punctual, or I got no dinner!" 8. I was now free to live and work wherever I liked.

Exercise 20. Point out the adverbial clauses of manner, comparison, degree and result; isolate the conjunctions by which they are introduced.

1. I love her more than I have ever told you, far more. 2. There was something so honest and frank in Joe's speech, that Mr. Haredale put his hand in his involuntarily, though their meeting was suspicious enough. 3. Here the visitor, all unconscious of Mrs. Sparsit's magnanimous words, repeated his knock so loudly that the light porter hastened down to open the door. 4. The weather was wet and cold for quite a week, as it often can be in the West Country in early summer. 5. Lily seldom made a mistake in the orders, so that she got on well with her three mistresses. 6. He always treated boys as if they were his equals. 7. He heard the thundering and surging out of doors, and it seemed to him as if his late angry mood were going about trying to get at him. 8. All at once her vision narrowed and she saw everything as if it were happening in a small room far away, or as if she were looking at it through the wrong end of a telescope. 9. She looked to him much the same child as he had met six years ago... 10. He change was so sudden that I was shocked and a little scared. 11. He went into the house by the back door... as though he had something to hide. 12. Hilary took his brother's arm. "Old boy, it's ghastly for you. But ten to one it won't be so bad as we think." 13. The little fellow ... gave such a lusty shout, that the sound of it made him bashful, and he buried his face in her skirts.

Exercise 21. Define the kinds of clauses introduced by that.

1. His smile was so easy, so friendly, that Laura recovered. 2. It was just luck that he didn't catch the boat. 3. It infuriated him to think that there were still people in the state who believed in a loving and merciful God. 4. The impression he gathered was that he would be able to make his own terms. 5. In the front hall, under a large picture of fat, cheery old monks fishing by the riverside, there was a thick, dark horse-whip, that had belonged to Mr. Spears' father. 6. At first she used to read to me, but it was such a dismal performance that I could not bear to hear her. 7. I remember the landscape was buried deep in snow, and that we had very little fuel. 8. In fact, Mrs. Spears' callers made the remark that you never would have known that there was a child in the house.