This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a subordinate clause?a) We went to the beach.b) Since it's getting late, c) The flowers are blooming. A) We went to the beach. B) The flowers are blooming. C) Since it's getting late,. D) Because it's sunny,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since it's getting late,. 2. Beep baseball is fun to play, and its challenges create a bond between sighted players and players with visual impairments. A) Subordinate clause. B) Independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 3. Define the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence:If Dorian Gray's life was spoiled, no one would be sorrier than yourself. A) The object clause. B) The attributive clause. C) The adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The adverbial clause. 4. What is the correct adverb clause of time:I was not at home ..... she came to see me. A) When. B) Whenever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 5. Write the words that make this sentence a compound sentence. In 1954, the stop sign was changed ..... a red octagon. A) From beginning,. B) , and it became. C) When it became. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , and it became. 6. Pedro, who likes to play football, is a great midfielder. A) Main Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. C) Embedded Clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Embedded Clause. 7. Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:I will go to the store after I eat dinner. A) Eat dinner. B) I will go to the store. C) I will go. D) After I eat dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After I eat dinner. 8. They will go to the park if the weather is fine. A) If the weather is fine. B) They will go to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If the weather is fine. 9. Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence:The teacher who smells like apples is funny. A) The teacher. B) Is funny. C) Who smells like apples. D) Who smells like apples is funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who smells like apples. 10. IDENTIFY THE CLAUSE:Sam ran for the paper towel, as the milk spilled to the floor. A) Main Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main Clause. 11. What signal phrases used to show the main ideas? A) For example / For instance. B) Plus / Also. C) Let's say . D) First of all / Next / Finally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First of all / Next / Finally. 12. What is the difference between a noun subordinate clause and a noun phrase? A) A noun subordinate clause modifies a verb, while a noun phrase modifies a noun. B) A noun subordinate clause can stand alone as a sentence, while a noun phrase cannot. C) A noun subordinate clause includes a subject and a verb, while a noun phrase does not contain a verb. D) A noun subordinate clause contains a preposition, while a noun phrase does not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A noun subordinate clause includes a subject and a verb, while a noun phrase does not contain a verb. 13. Identify the subordinating conjunction. The members of the cross country team complete stretching drills before the race begins. A) Of. B) Complete. C) Before. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 14. What does a subordinate clause modify? A) Noun. B) Verb. C) Sentence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 15. At the shopping mall, I saw a man ..... A) Who his costume was a banana. B) Whose costume was a banana. C) His costume was a banana. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whose costume was a banana. 16. Identify the main clause in this sentence. Neil gasped for breath before setting off again. A) Before setting off again. B) Neil gasped for breath. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neil gasped for breath. 17. In order that we may be respectful of the presenters, please turn off your cell phones. A) Independent Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 18. Complete the sentence with the corresponding connector.It was raining, ..... he opened the umbrella. A) But. B) So. C) While. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So. 19. I've reorganized the files in my inbox ..... I can easily find what I'm looking for. A) So that. B) In spite of. C) As regards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So that. 20. We put together a skit that tells the history of our state.Which is the subordinate clause? A) We put together a skit. B) That tells the history of our state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That tells the history of our state. 21. Choose the subordinate clause:You have many opportunities when you work hard at school. A) When you work hard at school. B) You have many opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When you work hard at school. 22. Marion is not sure who does she want to ask to her party. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incorrect. 23. What is the following group of words? was once running water in the canals of Mars A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Subordinate clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 24. He went to the cinema ..... he had done the homework. A) If. B) Until. C) Unless. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After. 25. I can buy a new car ..... I got a raise. A) Although. B) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 26. This root means opposite or against. A) ~auto~. B) ~contra~. C) ~crat~. D) ~that~. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ~contra~. 27. Give an example of a noun subordinate clause. A) I don't know if he is coming. B) I think he is coming. C) I hope he is coming. D) I know that he is coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I know that he is coming. 28. Because she graduated from Brooklyn College. A) Subordinate Clause. B) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate Clause. 29. Is #25 an Independent or Subordinate (Dependent) clause? A) Independent. B) Subordinate/Dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 30. Which subordinate clause does the following sentence contain? The puppy's favorite toy, which is a plush popcorn, cannot be found anywhere. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 31. ..... I go to a job interview, I prepare my answers to possible questions. A) After. B) As soon as. C) Before. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 32. Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex:Danny and his father like to go fishing and eat the worms. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Complete. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple. 33. Define the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence:Oceanographers know that reefs play a crucial role in an ocean' s ecosystems. A) The object clause. B) The attributive clause. C) The adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The object clause. 34. Is #18 an Independent or Subordinate (Dependent) clause? A) Independent. B) Subordinate/Dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate/Dependent. 35. What is the problem with the following sentence fragment? In the past. A) Missing subject. B) Missing verb. C) Missing subject and verb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Missing subject and verb. 36. What is the problem with the following sentence fragment? Sat down hesitantly, looking around with nervousness. A) Missing subject. B) Missing verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missing subject. 37. I sometimes get worried in this job ..... , I enjoy doing it, it's a challenge. A) Given that. B) Provided that. C) Having said that. D) Even though. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having said that. 38. Christine washes the dishes while singing. The subordinate expresses? A) Anteriority. B) Simultaneity. C) The posteriority. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simultaneity. 39. Kelly trusts her friends ..... that they may not be for her when she needs them. A) In spite of the fact. B) Assuming. C) Regardless. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In spite of the fact. 40. What is the appositive(s) phrase? Yesterday, Simon and I ate at Tasty's, a small deli near our house. A) A small deli. B) A small deli near our house. C) Tasty's. D) Simon and I ate at Tasty's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small deli near our house. 41. A ..... or ..... clause can stand alone as a complete sentence. A) Subordinate; dependent. B) Main; independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main; independent. 42. Is the red clause independent or subordinate? I first met her in Paris where I lived as a child. A) Independent. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 43. What type of subordinate clause is this: "Please forward my mail to wherever my family moves" A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 44. Find the main clause and comma in the correct place:I can't help you because I don't know the answer A) I can't help you because I don't know the answer. B) I can't help you, because I don't know the answer. C) I can't help you because I don't know the answer. D) I can't help you, because I don't know the answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I can't help you because I don't know the answer. 45. A subordinate clause is: A) An independent clause. B) A dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dependent clause. 46. A subordinate clause is a group of words that is dependent on the main clause because it doesn't make sense on its own. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. Identify the subordinate clause. I know a girl who sings in the chorus. A) Who sings in the chorus. B) In the chorus. C) I know a girl. D) I know a girl who sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who sings in the chorus. 48. True or False. A simple sentence includes a dependent clause. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. I'm too busy to take a holiday ..... , I don't have the money. A) Moreover. B) Morever. C) Furternever. D) On the other hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moreover. 50. What does power 4:57 mean? A) Time for Popeye to eat his spinach. B) Time to distract yourself and others. C) Time to get your much needed beauty sleep. D) Time to pay close attention for 4 minutes and 57 seconds, because everything during this time will be on the exit ticket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time to pay close attention for 4 minutes and 57 seconds, because everything during this time will be on the exit ticket. 51. What type of subordinate clause is this: "Does anyone know who wrote the Prose Edda?" A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 52. Complete with a subordinate clause:I waited for him ..... A) At home. B) Until he arrived. C) To do the homework. D) At the shopping mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until he arrived. 53. Although Mario grew up in Russia, he does not speak Russian. This sentence is a clause of concession: A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 54. She had done her best to comfort him, ..... she was able. A) Provided that. B) Although. C) In case. D) Insofar as. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insofar as. 55. ..... Peter was not invited to the party, he was the first to come. A) In spite of. B) Nevertheless. C) Although. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although. 56. Only sighted players could participate until an engineer named Charley Fairbanks invented beep baseball. A) Independent clause. B) Subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate clause. 57. What is the following group of words? the crater is wider than the united states A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Subordinate clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 58. The tigers look ferocious A) Independent. B) Subordinate. C) Not a clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 59. Is the following a sentence fragment (a.k.a. dependent/subordinate clause) or a complete sentence (a.k.a. independent clause)? I think this is the most important scene in the book. A) Complete Sentence a.k.a Independent clause. B) Sentence Fragment a.k.a. Subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete Sentence a.k.a Independent clause. 60. Read the sentence below and identify the subordinate clause. I will not attend the sports banquet because my brother graduates from high school the same day, A) From high school the same day. B) Because my brother graduates. C) Because my brother graduates from high school the same day. D) I will not attend the banquet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because my brother graduates from high school the same day. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubordinate Clauses Quiz 1Subordinate Clauses Quiz 2Subordinate Clauses Quiz 3Subordinate Clauses Quiz 4Subordinate Clauses Quiz 5Subordinate Clauses Quiz 6Subordinate Clauses Quiz 7Subordinate Clauses Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books