Three tasks you are encouraged to complete: Identify clauses (main and dependent clause) Identify Subject and main Verb in each clause. What kind of sentence is it? If it is a complex sentence, what kind of dependent clause are there? 1. The Rosetta stone provided the key to successfully translating ancient Egyptian writing. The stone had the same text in three ancient languages carved into it: Greek, Demotic and Egyptian. A clever translator was able to use the known written language of Greek to unlock the Egyptian writing code. 2. Henry Ford was the first to mass produce motor cars on an assembly line. He did this with the popular Ford Model T car between 1908 and 1927. The car was both cheap to buy and run. 3. Marco Polo was an Italian merchant who travelled from Venice to China in the 13th century – about 700 years ago. It took Marco Polo over three years to travel the Silk Road from Italy to China on foot - a distance of about 4000 kilometers. In the old days, there were many bandits along the Silk Road, so people often travelled in large groups. 4. Cumulonimbus (cum-ul-on-im-bus) clouds are storm clouds. They resemble gigantic skyscrapers in the sky. These clouds stretch high in the sky for many thousands of meters and the air within is dynamic and moves very fast. Very large raindrops, thunder, lightning and hailstones are a feature of thunderclouds such as these. It’s a good idea to stay inside when these clouds approach. 5. Weather is very changeable. Atmospheric conditions can be very hard to predict, even for weather forecasting experts; for instance, months of heavy rain can follow an extended period of drought, or cold weather can interrupt a previously warm, sunny day. 6. Prometheus (Prom-eth-e-us), an immortal Titan, was a friend to mankind. Of all the Greek Titans, Prometheus was considered to be the most gifted. The kindly and generous Titan stole fire from Zeus’s temple and gifted it to man. For stealing the fire, Zeus had Prometheus chained to a rock in the mountains to endure the hot sun and the freezing cold for eternity. 7. Maui, the trickster hero, decided that the sun moved across the sky too quickly and the days were too short. Maui cut his wife’s long hair to create very tough rope. He then constructed and formed a noose from the rope and launched it at the sun. The sun was caught and could not struggle free. The sun can now only creep across the sky slowly, and the days are longer. 8. One fine day a crow and a hawk hunted together. They decided to share the day’s catch with each other. The crow had a good day and caught several ducks, but was greedy and ate all the birds. The hawk caught nothing. The hawk, angry at the crow, wrestled him near a campfire. The crow got rolled in the ashes and turned black. Since that time all crows have been black.