Clause analysis – the test

Matching exercise

ELT Concourse home
Match the example to the description.
I came to help with the cooking and to see John
Not without some pride, he showed her the painting
I came as soon as you called
in the car park at the back of the pub
When necessary, call me
John told me he went to London to buy it
A finite matrix clause with a finite subordinate clause
A verbless clause with an omitted finite verb phrase
a complex prepositional phrase
A finite clause with a finite subordinate clause containing a non-finite subordinate clause
A finite matrix clause with two non-finite subordinate clauses
A verbless clause with an omitted non-finite verb phrase