This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Dependent Clauses – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dependent Clauses Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Select the sentence that uses punctuation correctly. A) Since it was late, we decided to stay in. B) Since it was late we decided to stay in. C) Since it was late; we decided to stay in. D) Since, it was late we decided to stay in. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since it was late, we decided to stay in. 2. I can't concentrate when you practice the trumpet with your door closed. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 3. True or false:A dependent clause is a complete thought. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. After the game ended yesterday A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 5. Since his feelings were hurtWhat is the subordinate conjunction? A) His. B) Feelings. C) Since. D) Hurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 6. Before he goes to work in the morning, Mr. Patterson always makes his daughter a sandwich. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 7. A group of words with a subject/verb relationship A) Phrase. B) Clause. C) Predicate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clause. 8. Fill in the blank with the correct subordinating conjunction: ..... he is here, he may as well stay for lunch. A) Whether. B) Now that. C) If only. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Now that. 9. After Amy sneezed all over the chicken salad. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 10. Subordinate conjunctions begin dependent clauses. They also begin subordinate clauses. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. When you connect 1 INDEPEDENT CLAUSE and 1 DEPENDENT CLAUSE you use what? A) Subordinating Conjunction. B) Coordinating Conjunction. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinating Conjunction. 12. Cannot stand by themselves; Do not express a complete thought. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 13. What type of dependent clause is in the sentence:'Because she was late, she missed the bus.' A) Independent clause. B) Adverb clause. C) Noun clause. D) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb clause. 14. When the president arrives, he will give a speech. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 15. Jess became angry when he discovered the truth. A) INDEPENDENT. B) DEPENDENT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) INDEPENDENT. 16. Go sit at the table before the food gets cold. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 17. The New England states are located in the northeast where the winters can be very cold.Dependent Clause connecting word:(a) A) A. where. B) Can. C) Located. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. where. 18. I felt extremely proud of all of your hard work A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 19. The big brown dog ran after the blue and red ball. A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simple. 20. We can join independent clauses with:a comma and conjunction, or a semicolon. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Identify where punctuation should be placed and if it should be a colon or semicolon in the sentence below.Mrs. Beisler won't be having fun on the weekends (a) she has too much to grade. A) A. ;. B) :. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. ;. 22. This is an independent clause:She went to the store A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. After darkness fell, our tent was visited by bears! A) Compound. B) Complex. C) Simple. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 24. Which of the following is a complex sentence? A) I will go to my friends house tomorrow after I do my homework. B) I will go to my friend's house tomorrow but I will not be able to take my phone. C) My sister and I will go to my friend's house. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will go to my friends house tomorrow after I do my homework. 25. Name the dependent clause in the following sentence:"When I was last in line, I almost didn't get any lunch." A) When I was last in line. B) Any lunch. C) Almost. D) I almost didn't get any lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When I was last in line. 26. How should the sentence below be written so that it is correct?Jeremy is not hungry so he doesn't want noodles right now. A) As it is. B) Jeremy is not hungry, so he doesn't want noodles right now. C) Jeremy is not hungry so, he doesn't want noodles right now. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jeremy is not hungry, so he doesn't want noodles right now. 27. The man whom you met is the president of the group. A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 28. What is a phrase? A) A group of words that express a complete thought. B) A group of words that does not express a complete thought. C) A group of words with a subject and a verb. D) A group of words that can stand alone as a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of words that does not express a complete thought. 29. You should come visit me this summer A) Independent Clause. B) Dependent Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 30. Mantle quickly improved after his father gave him good advice. What is the dependent clause? A) Mantle quickly improved. B) Gave him good advice. C) Quickly improved after. D) After his father gave him good advice. 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