This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Dependent Clauses – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dependent Clauses Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the independent clause in the sentence:The painting that you bought is hanging in the hallway. A) The painting that you bought. B) Is hanging in the hallway. C) The painting is hanging. D) In the hallway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The painting is hanging. 2. What is the dependent clause in this sentence?Because I finished my homework early, I had time to play video games. A) I had time to play video games. B) Becuase I finished my homework early,. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Becuase I finished my homework early,. 3. How should the sentence below be written so that it is correct? I got coffee and she got tea. A) I got coffee, and she got tea. B) As it is. C) I got coffee and, she got tea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I got coffee, and she got tea. 4. Whoever spilled the paints should clean up. A) Adverb clause. B) Adjective clause. C) Noun clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun clause. 5. "Sara went home." A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) Run on sentence. D) Subject and verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 6. Which sentence has an independent clause and dependent clause? A) I went to the store because I needed milk. B) She sang beautifully and danced gracefully. C) He reads every day. D) The teacher explained the lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I went to the store because I needed milk. 7. When using a coordinating conjunction to connect two independent clauses together I should put a comma before the coordinating conjunction: A) Ture. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ture. 8. What do subordinating conjunctions do? A) Tell you when to pause in a sentence. B) Tell what the subject is doing. C) Stand on their own as sentences. D) Link clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Link clauses. 9. While helping me with my work A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 10. I am lactose intolerant, ..... my wife is allergic to gluten. A) In order to. B) Because. C) But. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While. 11. Identify the dependent clause. "If you find out, please let me know." A) If you find out. B) If you. C) Please let me know. D) Me know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you find out. 12. Can stand by itself or with a dependent clause. A) Prepositional phrase. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent clause. 13. Identify the clause:She sings as if she were a professional singer. A) A) Noun Clause. B) B) Adjective Clause. C) C) Adverb Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Adverb Clause. 14. Independent or Dependent?While I was waiting for the bus. A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 15. Read the following sentence and identify the INDEPENDENT CLAUSE only.John runs while Jim skates in the park. A) While Jim skates. B) John runs. C) In the park. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John runs. 16. What kind of clause is this?you will probably want to rest A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 17. When you leave tomorrow. A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 18. We have to go to bed when the clock chimes 10:00. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 19. What is the verb?the orange cat ran quickly A) There is no verb. B) Quickly. C) Orange. D) Ran. E) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ran. 20. Jane knows the student who won the scholarship. A) Dependent Clause. B) Independent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent Clause. 21. Do the words in RED form a dependent clause or independent clause?Students who want to enroll in the program must pass an admissions test first, so I need to study if I want to get accepted as well. A) Dependent Clause. B) Independent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Clause. 22. She will not come ..... we compel her. A) Whether. B) If. C) Though. D) Unless. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unless. 23. They visit the beach whenever it's sunny A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 24. A dependent clause is not a complete thought. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What kind of clause is this?it will continue to leak oil A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 26. Read the following sentence:Because the storm knocked out the power, school will be canceled on Thursday.Choose which part of the sentence is the DEPENDENT clause. A) Because the storm knocked out the power,. B) School will be canceled on Thursday. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because the storm knocked out the power,. 27. When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies. A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent clause. 28. Which clause is independent?After the puppy woke up, Jim took it for a walk. A) After the puppy woke up. B) Jim took it for a walk. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jim took it for a walk. 29. When disease ruined crops in Wisconsin, the farmers raised dairy cows.The red text is an independent clause or a dependent clause? A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 30. Choose the dependent clause in the sentence: "I will start my homework when I get home." A) Start my homework. B) I get home. C) I will start my homework. D) When I get home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When I get home. 31. The Midwest has different weather conditions because the region is large. The red text is an independent clause or a dependent clause? A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 32. Which of the following is an independent clause?a) Although it was cold outside, b) I wore a jacket.c) When I arrived at the party, d) Because I was hungry. A) I wore a jacket. B) Although it was cold outside,. C) When I arrived at the party,. D) Because I was hungry . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wore a jacket. 33. Do the words in RED form a dependent clause or independent clause?Rhonda gasped when a six-foot snake slithered across the sidewalk. A) Dependent Clause. B) Independent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Clause. 34. Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence:I will take you to the ice cream store if you pay for yourself. A) I will take you to the ice cream store. B) If you pay for yourself. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If you pay for yourself. 35. When a subordinating conjunction is in the middle of a sentence, a comma is required. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. Which is the subordinating conjunction?I will stop playing the drums when you go to sleep. A) Stop. B) Drums. C) Sleep. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 37. Identifying Independent/Dependent Clauses A) An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, while a dependent clause cannot. B) An independent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence, while a dependent clause can. C) Both independent and dependent clauses can stand alone as sentences. D) Neither independent nor dependent clauses can stand alone as sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, while a dependent clause cannot. 38. As long as Sydney Crosby shows up to play A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 39. Is this an independent clause or a dependent clause?When the final bell rang and the students, who had endured three tests that day, were running through the halls like a crazy herd of banshees. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 40. A dependent clause is a clause that A) Can stand alone as a sentence by itself. B) Cannot stand alone by itself as a sentence. C) Negates the clause that came before in the sentence. D) A clause that has no subject/verb combination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cannot stand alone by itself as a sentence. 41. Before you throw those old books away A) Complete sentence. B) Incomplete sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incomplete sentence. 42. Which is the Dependent Clause?Because my tea was too cold, I heated it up in the microwave. A) Because my tea was too cold. B) I heated it up in the microwave. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because my tea was too cold. 43. Fill in the blank with the correct subordinating conjunction:Don't go out ..... you've finished your work. A) Because. B) Where. C) Until. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Until. 44. John is the boy who is on the swim team. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 45. Determine the type of dependent clause in the sentence:'The reason why I called is to confirm our meeting.' A) Noun clause. B) Independent clause. C) Adverb clause. D) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun clause. 46. When the day ends, we can all go home and rest. A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent clause. 47. Identify the correctly punctuated sentence. A) If you want to succeed you must work hard. B) If you want to succeed; you must work hard. C) If, you want to succeed you must work hard. D) If you want to succeed, you must work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If you want to succeed, you must work hard. 48. Is this an independent clause or a dependent clause?Luke, I am your father. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 49. Which of the following is a characteristic of a complex sentence? A) It contains two independent clauses. B) It contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. C) It contains only dependent clauses. D) It contains no clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. 50. In the sentence "I will do what you suggest", the noun clause is functioning as: A) Object. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Object. 51. Which is the subordinating conjunction?I wore my boots because it looked like it might snow. A) Snow. B) Wore. C) Boots. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because. 52. FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO are all: A) Coordinating Conjunctions. B) Subordinating Conjunctions. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coordinating Conjunctions. 53. Identify the type of dependent clause in the sentence:'If you study hard, you will pass the exam.' A) Noun clause. B) Adverb clause. C) Independent clause. D) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb clause. 54. A dependent clause is a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Name the dependent clause in the following sentence:"Though we had heard the news, we refused to believe it." A) Though we had heard the news. B) Believe it. C) We refused to believe it. D) News. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Though we had heard the news. 56. After, although, every time, unless, while, even if, etc.-are? A) The nouns in dependent clauses. B) Predicates of dependent clauses. C) Adjectives found in dependent clauses. D) Marker words or signal words found in dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marker words or signal words found in dependent clauses. 57. What is the subordinating conjunction in this sentence?As soon as I grade the essays, I will return them to you. A) As. B) As soon. C) As soon as. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As soon as. 58. Are you going to watch the game? A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 59. Commas are used ..... A) After headers. B) Surrounding dependent clauses. C) Introducing quotes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. Which of the following sentences contains an independent clause? A) While he was reading. B) Although she was tired, she finished her homework. C) Because the weather was nice. D) If you want to succeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although she was tired, she finished her homework. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesDependent Clauses Quiz 2Dependent Clauses Quiz 3Dependent Clauses Quiz 4Dependent Clauses Quiz 5Dependent Clauses Quiz 6Dependent Clauses Quiz 7Dependent Clauses Quiz 8Dependent Clauses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books