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The Dependent Clauses Module consists of 7 lessons plus a placement test and post test.
The lessons cover:
  1. Adverbials of manner ("The girl got from the house to the tree by swimming").
  2. Because-clauses ("The boy's arm hurt because the cat was biting it").
  3. Relative clauses ("The girl who is sitting on the couch has longer hair").
  4. Embedded -ing clauses ("The boy saw the girl brushing her teeth").
  5. Embedded infinitival clauses ("The girl wants the boy to come over to her house").
  6. "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").
  7. 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.")
  8. Past progressive tense ("The cart was moving because the girl was pushing it.")
  9. Modal verbs ("The girl may be happy"; "The boy may have been angry.")
A total of 515 exercises.