Unit 8 - Sentence Structure

He ate his sandwich and drank his milk.

Subduction zones are areas where two plates collide.

Identify the bracketed clause: California, [where this fault lies], has had many earthquakes

Some seismometers respond if the earth moves by only one billionth of a meter, but this movement would not cause concern

Richie had no interest in music [until the day he first saw a concert grand piano].

Our next vacation, [which can't come soon enough for me], is going to be at the beach.

Both cats looked [as if they had something to hide].

That girl [who sits by you at lunch] is in my biology class.

Identify the bracketed clause: Some scientists have examined [how the earth moves in a quake].

The race starts at one; it will be hot by then.

In Central Asia, [where the horse was first domesticated about 5,000 years ago], stirrups were introduced about A.D. 750

If scientists could recognize early signs of an earthquake, they could give warnings, [and many lives could be saved].

The food that they sell in the farmers market is so fresh, we like to go there every week.

Plate tectonics is the theory that explains the cause of most earthquakes.

The little girl claimed [that she had a monster living under her bed], and I believed her.

Do you know how a seismograph works?

The director, [who was born in Ohio], has a doctorate in psychology.

What scientists discover about earthquakes may save many lives.

The little girl [who lives next door] likes to swing on our swing.

Identify the bracketed clause: [The weather today is extremely hot.]

The man [who interviewed me] is related to you somehow.

Identify the bracketed clause: [How earthquakes occur] has been studied by experts around the world.

A seismograph senses quakes with seismometers and prints a record called a seismogram.

Leaves and sticks were scattered all over the yard after the rain.

The horse and the cow are the best-known members of the Ungulate order, [which consists of more than 200 species].