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The Dependent Clauses Module consists of 7 lessons plus a placement test and post test.
The lessons cover:
Adverbials of manner (The girl got from the house to the tree by swimming.)
Because-clauses (The boy's arm hurt because the cat was biting it.)
Relative clauses (The girl who is sitting on the couch has longer hair.)
Embedded -ing clauses (The boy saw the girl brushing her teeth.)
Embedded infinitival clauses (The girl wants the boy to come over to her house.)
Tough-movement and extraposition (Doing the puzzle is easy for the girl; The puzzle is easy for the girl to do; It is easy for the girl to do the puzzle.)
Embedded clauses with tensed verbs (It's possible that the girl waved at the boy; We don't know whether the boy gave the girl a cookie.)
Past progressive tense (The cart was moving because the girl was pushing it.)
Modal verbs (The girl may be happy; The boy may have been angry.)