This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Phrase And Clause Practice – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Phrase And Clause Practice Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Determine if the following is an example of a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause:The villagers lived happily until the wolves appeared A) Phrase. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent clause. 2. Which of the following has a subject and predicate and is a compete thought? A) Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Dependent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Clause. 3. A ..... clause does not express a complete though and cannot stand alone. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 4. What is the purpose of a subordinating conjunction? A) To begin a gerund phrase. B) To join independent clauses. C) To begin a dependent clause. D) To begin a prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To begin a dependent clause. 5. Determine if the following is an example of a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause:"although they are" A) Phrase. B) Dependent Clause. C) Independent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent Clause. 6. Under the equator A) Phrase. B) Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 7. Which of the following does not have a subject-predicate? [It's missing either the subject or verb] A) Phrase. B) Dependent Clause. C) Independent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 8. Determine if the following is an example of a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause:but I still like the color blue A) Phrase. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 9. An ..... clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 10. Because it is the right thing to do A) Clause. B) Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clause. 11. Determine if the following is an example of a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause:were waiting for the movie A) Phrase. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 12. Determine if the following is an example of a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause:until the wolves appeared A) Phrase. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 13. A ..... clause begins with a subordinating conjunction. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 14. Which of the following has a subject and a predicate, but is NOT a complete thought. A) Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Dependent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent Clause. 15. On the very top shelf A) Phrase. B) Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 16. We are in the building A) Phrase. B) Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clause. 17. A ..... contains both a subject and verb. A) Phrase. B) Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clause. 18. A dependent clause must include which of the following? A) At least one preposition. B) A subject and a verb. C) A coordinating conjunction. D) A verbal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A subject and a verb. 19. I ran through the house A) Clause. B) Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clause. 20. A ..... is missing a subject, verb, or both. A) Phrase. B) Clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 21. Determine if the following is an example of a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause:a story as old as time A) Phrase. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 22. Determine if the following is an example of a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause:Whoever turned the ovens off A) Phrase. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 23. Which of the following are coordinating conjunctions A) For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. B) After, before, because, since, if. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. 24. Which of the following is always a complete sentence? A) Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Dependent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent Clause. 25. Determine if the following is an example of a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause:purple people eater A) Phrase. B) Dependent clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAdjective Clauses QuizAdverbial Clauses QuizClause Types QuizClauses And Phrases QuizComparative Clauses QuizConditional Clauses QuizDependent Clauses QuizEmbedded Clauses Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books