Exercise 142. Development

1. The tree that towers above the others is a pine.

2. This sturdy tree, which must have been growing centuries, is an oak.

Select the clauses in these sentences. What kind of clause is each? Why? Read the first sentence without the clause. Read the second one without the clause. In which case does the omission seem more important? What is the first clause evidently put into the sentence for? Does the second have the same use?

The first clause is added to tell what tree the speaker meant. The second one is not needed for that purpose. How did the speaker show in the second case what tree he meant?

3. Then Sir Guy returned to England, where he was received with flattering kindness by the king.

4. Daring his visit he visited the house where he was born.

Read these sentences without the clauses. Which of the clauses do you think is more important? Why?