TASK 2.

Define the types of the subordinate clauses in the sentences.

1. What we need to know is whether new means of communication will be available in the future and whether they will change the quality of our life.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

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2. If we don’t do anything about aggression promoting TV programmes, Internet and mobile phone addictions today, it might be too late tomorrow.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONDITION

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3. It is always possible  that new ways of keeping in touch will appear and replace the old ones.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONDITION

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4. Sometimes we take it for granted  that our life is becoming more and more comfortable and successful with all the new means of communication and new devices – plasma TVs, portable computers, wireless Internet and smart phones.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONDITION

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5. Though it seems  as if everything has already been created, inventors surprise us with new gadgets every year.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONDITION

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6. When we think about the future, we imagine something really revolutionary like time travel or telepathy.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONDITION

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7. We don’t know what can be invented in 10, 20 or 50 years from now.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONDITION

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8. But the thing that worries many of us most is   what we are going to do about the changes that all these new inventions bring along and how they will affect our lives.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONDITION

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9. It appears  that there is a contradiction between the advantages of new technologies and the disadvantages we can’t help noticing.

PREDICATIVE

SUBJECT

OBJECT

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF TIME

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONCESSION

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE OF CONDITION

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