Independent And Adverb Dependent Clauses Question Preview (ID: 21735)


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Find ind. clause: Although dreadful beasts often appear in today's movies, such scary monsters are nothing new.
a) Such scary monsters are nothing new.
b) Although dreadful beasts often appear in today's movies,
c) Such scary monsters
d) often appear in today's movies

Find adv. dep clause: The idea of alien creatures may be older than you think.
a) The idea of alien creatures may be older
b) idea of alien
c) than you think
d) may be older

Find ind. clause: As long as human beings have been on the earth, they have told stories about strange or terrible creatures.
a) As long as human beings
b) on the earth
c) They have told stories about strange or terrible creatures
d) abot strange or terrible creatures

Find adv. dep. clause: As one looks into those old stories, one finds many different kinds of monsters.
a) As one looks
b) As one looks into those old stories
c) many different kinds of monsters
d) One finds many different kinds of monsters.

Find ind. clause: Most commonly, however, when people have been afraid of some kind of horrible creature, it was a dragon.
a) Most commonly
b) it was a dragon.
c) when people have been afraid of some kind of horrible c reature
d) however

Find adv. dep. clause: Some people actually searched for fiery dragons, while others believed in zombies or vampires.
a) some peolple actually searched for firey dragons
b) while others believed
c) some people
d) while others believed in zombies or vampires.

Find ind. clause: Folklore often presents monsters as horrible animals, although the creatures often possessed human qualities as well.
a) Folklore often presents monsters as horrible animals
b) although the creatures often possessed human qualities as well.
c) Folklore often presents
d) although the creatures

Find the adv. dep. clause: If any people had remarkable myths it was the ancient Greeks.
a) If any people
b) If any people had remarkable myths
c) It was the ancient Greeks
d) Greeks

Find ind. clause: Perhaps the Greeks spun tales about these imaginary creatures because such stories help them deal with mysteries and dangers of life.
a) Because such stories
b) Because such stories help them deal with the myseries and dangers of life
c) Perhaps the Greeks spun tales about these imaginary creatures
d) Perhaps the greeks spun tales

Find adv. dep. clause: In Greek mythology, Argus was a monster with a hundred eyes so that he could see everywhere at once.
a) In Greek mythology
b) In Greek mythology, Argus was a monster with a hundred eyes
c) So that he could see everywhere at once
d) See everywhere at once

Find ind. clause: Hydra, the many-headed serpent, would grow a new head whenever one was cut off.
a) Hydra, the many-headed serpent
b) Whenever one was cut off
c) Hydra, the many-headed serpent, would grow a new head
d) would grow a new head

Find the adv. dep. clause: The Harpy, half bird and half woman, would steal food from her victims before they could begin their meals.
a) The Harpy, half bird and half woman
b) half bird and half woman
c) before they could begin
d) before they couled begin their meals.

Find ind. clause: While the Minotaur had the body of a man, his head was definitely that of a bull.
a) While the Minotaur
b) his head was definitely that of a bull.
c) had the body of a man
d) his head

Find adv. dep. clause: Because Madusa had sharp fangs, scary eyes, and snakes instead of hair on her head, she was considered rather ugly.
a) Becasue Medusa had sharp fangs, scary eyes, and snakes instead of hair on her head
b) She was considered rather ugly
c) Medusa had sharp fangs
d) Scary eyes and snakes instead of hair on her head

Find ind. clause: People would turn to stone if they took one look at her.
a) People would turn to stone if they took one look at her
b) If they took one look at her
c) one look at her
d) people would turn to sone

Find adv. dep. clause: Cerberus seemed like a nice dog until his three heads all barked at once
a) Cerverus seemed like a nice dog
b) Until his three heads all barked
c) Seemed like a nice dog
d) until his three heads all barked at once.

Find ind. clause: the fire-breathing Chimera certainly qualified as a monster since she had a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
a) The fire-breathing Chimera
b) Certainly qualiftied as a monster
c) She had a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
d) The fire-breathing Chimera certainly qualified as a monster

Find adv. dep. clause: As long as the world is thought of as a dangerous place, people will probably believe in monsters.
a) As long as the world is though of as a dangerous place
b) people will proabably believe in monsters
c) believe in monsters
d) As long as the world

Find ind. clause: No doubt they will dream up even more stories about dreadful creatures as time goes on.
a) As time goes on
b) No doubt they will dreal
c) No doubt they will dream up even more stories about dreadful creatures
d) stories about dreadful creatures

Find adv. dep. clause: Meanwhile, anyone can find out more about the old monster legends if good books on mythology are available.
a) books on mythology are available
b) Meanwhile, anyone can find out more about the old monster legends
c) more about monster legends
d) if good books on mythology are available.

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