WBBSE 9th Class English Solutions – Grammar – 7 Clause
WBBSE 9th Class English Solutions – Grammar – 7 Clause
West Bengal Board 9th Class English Solutions – Grammar – 7 Clause
WBBSE 9th Class English Solutions
WORKED-OUT TEXTUAL EXAMPLES
Underline the clauses in the following sentences and state what kind of clauses they are i.e. principal or subordinate:
Tales of Bhola Grandpa
1. Enquiry revealed that Bhola Grandpa had taken his grandson to the festival.
Ans. Enquiry revealed
principal clause
that Bhola Grandpa had taken his grandson to the festival.
subordinate clause
2. He did not realise when those fingers slipped out.
Ans. He did not realise when those fingers slipped out.
principal clause subordinate clause
3. Then someone asked Bhola Grandpa what he was gripping.
Ans. Then someone asked Bhola Grandpa
principal clause
what he was gripping.
subordinate clause
4. He remembered his grandson and let out a wail.
Ans. He remembered his grandson and let out a wail.
principal clause principal clause
5. At this point of time, Bhola Grandpa confessed that there was no real treasure.
Ans. At this point of time, Bhola Grandpa confessed
principal clause
that there was no real treasure.
subordinate clause
6. Bhola Grandpa turned and found the bright gaze of the tiger on his face.
Ans. Bhola Grandpa turned and
principal clause
found the bright gaze of the tiger on his face.
principal clause
7. The tiger roared and circled the tree about a hundred times.
Ans. The tiger roared and
principal clause
circled the tree about a hundred times.
principal clause
8. Bhola Grandpa climbed the mound and requested the first man he saw for some water to drink.
Ans. Bhola Grandpa climbed the mound
principal clause
and requested the first man
principal clause
he saw for some water to drink.
subordinate clause
9. Then Bhola Grandpa remembered the tiger and looked at it.
Ans. Then Bhola Grandpa remembered the tiger
principal clause
and looked at it.
subordinate clause
All about a Dog
1. It was a bitterly cold night, and even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut like a knife.
Ans. It was a bitterly cold night, and
principal clause
even at the far end of the bus the east wind cut like a knife.
principal clause
2. The bus stopped and two women and a man got in together and filled the vacant places.
Ans. The bus stopped and
principal clause
two women and a man got in together and
principal clause
filled the vacant places.
principal clause
3. This was the opportunity for which the conductor had been waiting, and he intended to make the most of it.
Ans. This was the opportunity
principal clause
for which the conductor had been waiting,
subordinate clause
and he intended to make the most of it.
principal clause
4. I had marked him as the type who had a general vague grievance about everything.
Ans. I had marked him as the type
principal clause
who had a general vague grievance about everything.
subordinate clause
5. He seemed to have a particular grievance against passengers who came and sat in his bus while he shivered at the door.
Ans. He seemed to have a particular grievance against passengers
principal clause
who came and sat in his bus whilehe shivered at the door.
subordinate clause
6. She had evidently expected the challenge and knew the reply.
Ans. She had evidently expected the challenge
principal clause
and knew the reply.
principal clause
A Day in the Zoo
1. It is quite another thing to own a zoo and live in it.
Ans. It is quite another thing to own a zoo and live in it.
principal clause
2. The sky will be slightly tinged with yellow when you are awakened by the bird song.
Ans. The sky will be slightly tinged with yellow
principal clause
when you are awakened by the bird song.
subordinate clause
3. A male peahen is dancing, his burnished tail raised like a fountain in the sunlight.
Ans. A male peahen is dancing,
principal clause
his burnished tail raised like a fountain in the sunlight
principal clause
4. The gorillas have been let out of their cages while the cages are cleaned.
Ans. The gorillas have been let out of their cages
principal clause
while the cages are cleaned.
subordinate clause
5. They try to wrench the electric heaters from their sockets, or break the fluorescent lights.
Ans. They try to wrench the electric heaters from their sockets,
principal clause
or break the fluorescent lights.
principal clause
6. You pass slowly down the house to the big case at the end where the touracos now live.
Ans. You pass slowly down the house to the big case at the end
principal clause
where the touracos now live
subordinate clause
7. Then, if you call to him, he will fly down and land on a perch nearest to you.
Ans. Then, if you call to him, he will fly down and
subordinate clause principal clause
land on a perch nearest to you.
principal clause
8. As they come flooding into the grounds, everyone has to be alert.
Ans. As they come flooding into the grounds,
subordinate clause
everyone has to be alert
principal clause
All Summer in a Day
1. A thousand forests crushed under the rain, had grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.
Ans. A thousand forests crushed under the rain,
principal clause
had grown up a thousand times to be crushed again.
principal clause
2. Here was located the schoolroom of the children belonging to men and women who came by rockets from Earth.
Ans. Here was located the schoolroom of the children belonging to men and women
principal clause
who came by rockets from Earth.
subordinate clause
3. When the sun came out last time seven years ago they were too young.
Ans. When the sun came out last time seven years ago
subordinate clause
they were too young.
principal clause
4. They could not recall the sun when it came out for just an hour and showed its face to the stunned world.
Ans. They could not recall the sun
principal clause
when it came out for just an hour and
subordinate clause
showed its face to the stunned world.
subordinate clause
5. They had been only two years old when the sun last came out.
Ans. They had been only two years old
principal clause
when the sun last came out.
subordinate clause
Tom Loses a Tooth
1. Presently, he wished that he was sick: then he could stay home from school.
Ans. Presently, he wished that he was sick :
principal clause subordinate clause
then he could stay home from school.
principal clause
2. He thought that he had found symptoms of stomach trouble.
Ans. He thought
principal clause
that he had found symptoms of stomach trouble.
subordinate clause
3. However, the symptoms soon grew feeble and wholly went away.
Ans. However, the symptoms soon grew feeble.
principal clause
and wholly went away.
principal clause
4. Tom thought he would hold the tooth in reserve for the present.
Ans. Tom thought
principal clause
he would hold the tooth in reserve for the present.
subordinate clause
His First Flight
1. When he had run forward to the brink of the ledge he became afraid.
Ans. When he had run forward to the brink of the ledge
subordinate clause
he became afraid.
principal clause
2. The great expanse of the sea stretched down beneath, and it was miles down.
Ans. The great expanse of the sea stretched down beneath,
principal clause
and it was miles down.
principal clause
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