Unscrambling Sentences
Each scrambled sentence has one or more adjective clauses. Identify them. Then
unscramble the sentence parts and write out the sentence, punctuating it
correctly.
1a. a pretty good light-heavyweight
b. there was one fighter in those days
c. named Junior Ellis
d. before a bout
e. who used to sing along with country and western records
--Robert Lipsyte, The Contender
2a. whose eyes were quicker than most
b. Little John
C. on the stars
d. should have seen the hole
e. but all his attention was
--Alexander Key, The Forgotten Door
3a. peering from a distance at Jem
b. to a corner
c. Boo had drifted
d. of the room
e. where he stood with his chin up
--Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
4a. as the probable liberal candidate for Mid-Devon
b. the recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville
c. has cast a gloom over the county
d. at the next election
e. whose name has been mentioned
--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles
5a. in pursuit of him
b. Phillippe had dashed
c. thinking that his brother had run away with Christine
d. where he knew that everything was prepared for the elopement
e. along the Brussels Road
--Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
Each scrambled sentence has one or more adverb clauses. Identify them. Then
unscramble the sentence parts and write out the sentence, punctuating it
correctly.
1a. like a shot
b. tears streaming
c. was out of the control room
d. when it was over
e. Susan
--Anonymous, Primary Colors
2a. and rubbed his swollen ankle
b. finally
c. while he gained his breath
d. removed one boot
e. he huddled by a fallen log
--Alexander Key, The Forgotten Door
3a. distributing his bundle of papers
b. when he got back into town
c. before he went home to supper
d. he would have to go on
--Sherwood Anderson, “Death in the Woods”
4a. and listened to the crack of the fire
b. while he put the food in his mouth and chewed thoughtfully
c. when the sun set
d. and cooked a small supper
e. he crouched by the path
--Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles
5a. took a hammer with a homemade handle
b. when kernel-picking time came
c. the boy or the father
d. and cracked as many walnuts as could be kerneled in a night
e. went to the flat rock
f. before it was dark each day
--William H. Armstrong, Sounder