This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Dependent Clauses – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Dependent Clauses Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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) Although it was cold outside,. B) Because I was hungry . C) When I arrived at the party,. D) I wore a jacket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I wore a jacket. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Which is the subordinating conjunction?I will stop playing the drums when you go to sleep. A) Sleep. B) When. C) Drums. D) Stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. Fill in the blank with the correct subordinating conjunction:Don't go out ..... you've finished your work. A) Where. B) Until. C) While. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until. 14. Which sentence contains a relative clause? A) The team is going to play a match tomorrow. B) Whenever they have time, they like to go cycling. C) The boy who I met at the park is in my class. D) Sue said that she wanted to learn to play the drums. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The boy who I met at the park is in my class. 15. 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. 16. Determine the type of dependent clause in the sentence:'The reason why I called is to confirm our meeting.' A) Adverb clause. B) Adjective clause. C) Noun clause. D) Independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun clause. 17. 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. 18. 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: C) If you want to succeed, you must work hard. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. In the sentence "I will do what you suggest", the noun clause is functioning as: A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Object. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object. 22. Which is the subordinating conjunction?I wore my boots because it looked like it might snow. A) Wore. B) Because. C) Snow. D) Boots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because. 23. 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. 24. Identify the type of dependent clause in the sentence:'If you study hard, you will pass the exam.' A) Independent clause. B) Adjective clause. C) Adverb clause. D) Noun clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb clause. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. After, although, every time, unless, while, even if, etc.-are? A) Predicates of dependent clauses. B) Adjectives found in dependent clauses. C) Marker words or signal words found in dependent clauses. D) The nouns in dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marker words or signal words found in dependent clauses. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. Commas are used ..... A) After headers. B) Surrounding dependent clauses. C) Introducing quotes. D) All of the above. 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