Question

Do as directed:
1)You eat whatever you can get. (Identify the name of the clauses)
2)I am going to sleep without having my food. (Add a question tag)

Answer 1

Hint: 1) A clause consists of a subject and a verb.
2) We add a negative question tag if the statement is in a positive aspect.
Complete Solution: 1) As given in the hint- A clause must have a subject and a verb or else it comes under the category of a phrase. Clauses are of two types:
Independent or Dominant Clause- It has a subject and a verb that are capable to portray a complete thought.
Dependent or Subordinate Clause- It cannot stand alone as a sentence as it provides an incomplete thought.
Now, let’s look at the question: You eat whatever you can get.
a)‘You eat’ has a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought. Hence, it is an independent clause.
b)‘You can get’ expresses an incomplete thought. Hence, it is a dependent clause.
c)Both the clauses are joined by subordinating conjunction- ‘whatever’.
2) A question tag is used to turn a sentence into a question. We use question tags to check the information we consider to be reliable.
The formation of a question tag- Auxiliary verb + Subject (Example- Have I?)
Now, let’s look at the question: I am going to sleep without having my food.
a)As given in the hint; a positive statement functions with a negative question tag.
b)The auxiliary verb in the sentence is ‘am’ and the subject is ‘I’. So, the appropriate question tag would be- I am going to sleep without having my food, aren’t I?
c)‘Aren’t’ is the contradiction used for Am not, since amn’t isn’t an existing contradiction.

Note: Independent and dependent clauses are joined by subordinating conjunction to form a meaningful sentence. And a negative statement functions with a positive question tag.