Exercise 11
Identify the embedded clauses in the following sentences. Classify them according to whether they are finite (F) clauses or non-finite clauses (N).
| (1) | a | I think that John saw Hugh. |
| b | John was anxious for Hugh to see him. | |
| c | They are anxious for they got bad news from their daughter today. | |
| d | My father asked me to go the shop and get him tobacco. | |
| e | You will not get any tobacco from me for you only a child. | |
| f | The buyer wanted me to buy the horse from the seller. | |
| g | The horse I bought yesterday belonged to my brother’s best man. | |
| h | The landlady will go upstairs to clean the rooms. | |
| i | We saw John & Hugh going into their friend’s house a while ago. | |
| j | Did you see the woman that I was talking about? | |
| k | That Mary has a headache every day does not surprise anyone. | |
| l | I asked you to go. | |
| m | For him to stay would be unwise. | |
| n | To leave the party was very smart. |