A new sentence structure: the non-finite complex sentence | English

Starter quiz

Tick all the subordinate clauses.
- which was very cold ✓
- I was very cold
- before I had woken up ✓
- they woke up slowly
Tick all the verbs in a progressive tense.
- waited
- playing ✓
- hoping ✓
- watched
- throwing ✓
Which of the following are non-finite clauses?
- looking up, ✓
- as we looked up,
- while I waited patiently,
- waiting patiently, ✓
Which of these sentences include a non-finite clause?
- Answering the question perfectly, Sofia smiled. ✓
- Sofia smiled as she answered the question perfectly.
- Sam raced home, trying to beat his brother to the door. ✓
- When Sam got home, his brother was already there.
Match each type of subordinate clause to the type of word it can begin with.
- adverbial clause
  
  ⇔
  
  subordinating conjunction ✓
- relative clause
  
  ⇔
  
  relative pronoun ✓
- non-finite clause
  
  ⇔
  
  progressive tense verb with -ing suffix ✓
Match the type of subordinate clause to the example.
- adverbial clause
  
  ⇔
  
  before we went to school ✓
- non-finite clause
  
  ⇔
  
  heading out of the door ✓
- relative clause
  
  ⇔
  
  who was just leaving ✓