This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 15 (40 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence:The porter who took our things thought the train would go from platform number two. A) The object clause. B) The attributive clause. C) The adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The attributive clause. 2. He wanted to speak German so that he could understand his grandparents. A) Subordinate clause. B) Main clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate clause. 3. Which subordinate clause does the following sentence contain? Pass me that orange please. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 4. The author's grandmother inspires all of the following feelings in him EXCEPT A) Nervousness. B) Loneliness. C) Joy. D) Nostalgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loneliness. 5. Which subordinate clause does the following sentence contain? You may ride the Grizzly if you are tall enough. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 6. Choose the sentence that makes this sentence a simple sentence.Italian noodles are made of wheat. The wheat comes from Egypt or the Middle East. A) Italian noodles are made of wheat, and the wheat comes from Egypt or the Middle East. B) Italian noodles are made of wheat from Egypt or the Middle East. C) Italian noodles are made from wheat that comes from Egypt or the Middle East. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italian noodles are made of wheat from Egypt or the Middle East. 7. True or False:A noun subordinate clause can be placed at the beginning or end of a sentence. A) False. B) True. C) Only at the end of a sentence. D) Only at the beginning of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. Define the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence:I stayed in bed because I fell ill. A) The object clause. B) The attributive clause. C) The adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The adverbial clause. 9. Identify whether the colored clause is INDEPENDENT or SUBORDINATE (DEPENDENT). Our dog will run away if the gate is left open. A) Subordinate. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent. 10. Select the INDEPENDENT clause:The road is closed until this afternoon because a pipe burst and flooded the street. A) The road is closed until this afternoon. B) Because a pipe burst and flooded the street. C) Until this afternoon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The road is closed until this afternoon. 11. The chair is too small for me, so I am going to sell it. A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main. 12. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. The surface, or photosphere, is frequently studied. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 13. Do you think you could pick me up some milk IF YOU GO TO THE STORE? A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 14. Identify the independent clause:Dino thought about baseball practice as he walked home. A) Dino thought about baseball practice. B) As he walked home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dino thought about baseball practice. 15. Define the types of the subordinate clauses in the following sentence:She was determined that people should not know the baby was adopted. A) The object clauses. B) The attributive clauses. C) The adverbial clauses. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The object clauses. 16. Is #3 an Independent or Subordinate (Dependent) clause? A) Independent. B) Subordinate/Dependent. C) Either! Depends on how the word "that" is being used. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either! Depends on how the word "that" is being used. 17. What type of subordinate clause is in the following sentences?We don't know what can be invented in 10, 20 or 50 year from now. A) Subordinate addition clause. B) Subordinate subject clause. C) Subordinate prediction clouse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate addition clause. 18. A new filtration system has been installed to treat the waste, ..... the lake is no longer polluted. A) So. B) Because. C) As. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 19. During the storm a tree fell onto the house. Where would the comma be placed? A) After tree. B) After During. C) After fell. D) After storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After storm. 20. Subordinate adjective clauses begin with relative pronouns. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Classify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:As soon as Catiline left the city, the consul delivered his speech. A) Causal clause. B) Relative clause. C) Temporal clause. D) Concessive clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal clause. 22. How should main and subordinate clauses be punctuated? A) The punctuation of main and subordinate clauses depends on the rules of the language being used. B) Main and subordinate clauses should never be punctuated. C) Main and subordinate clauses should always be separated by a comma. D) Main and subordinate clauses should always be separated by a semicolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The punctuation of main and subordinate clauses depends on the rules of the language being used. 23. In the sentence 'I will study if I have time.', which part is the main clause? A) I will study. B) If I have time. C) I will study have time. D) I will study if I have time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will study. 24. Identify the subordinate conjunction.I go to class every day unless I over sleep. A) To class. B) Over. C) Unless. D) Every day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unless. 25. No one speaks until Mr. Sanchez has his first cup of coffee. A) Subordinate. B) Main. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main. 26. ..... unemployment ..... , a change of policy on job creation would be a good idea. A) Considering that. B) As long as. C) In the event of. D) As far as is concerned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As far as is concerned. 27. Complete the sentence with the corresponding connector.Dan was walking back home ..... he heard a car crash. A) But. B) Because. C) When. D) In addition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 28. Since I was born in the seventies I do not like the modern day rap music. Where would the comma be placed? A) After not. B) After I. C) After Since. D) After seventies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After seventies. 29. The story begins with a A) Family dinner. B) Visit to a grave. C) Picnic in the country. D) Rush to the hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visit to a grave. 30. Is this sentence compound, complex, or simple?:Although Danny knows a lot about fishing, he isn't very good at it. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Toes. D) Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex. 31. Choose the subordinate clause in the following sentence:While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television, Samson, the family dog, gnawed on the leg of the coffee table. A) Samson, the family dog, gnawed on the leg of the coffee table. B) While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television. 32. Wherever she goes, he goes. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 33. Ran like the wind. A) Complete sentence. B) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence fragment. 34. Identify the type of subordinate clause in the sentence:She went to the park because it was a sunny day. a) She went to the park b) because it was a sunny day A) NC:DO. B) ADVC:PURPOSE. C) ADJC/MW:SUNNY DAY. D) ADVC:REASON. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ADVC:REASON. 35. Choose the subordinate clause:Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework, she will have to suffer Mr. Nguyen's wrath in class tomorrow. A) Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework. B) She will have to suffer Mr. Nguyen's wrath in class tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework. 36. Has a subject and a verb but cannot stand by itself as a sentence because it does not express a complete thought A) Clause. B) Independent clause. C) Subordinate clause (dependent clause). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subordinate clause (dependent clause). 37. Punctuate the following main and subordinate clauses:'She studied hard' and 'so that she could pass the exam.' A) She studied hard so that she could fail the exam. B) She didn't study hard, so she failed the exam. C) She studied hard, but she still failed the exam. D) She studied hard, so that she could pass the exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She studied hard, so that she could pass the exam. 38. Is the following a sentence fragment (a.k.a. dependent/subordinate clause) or a complete sentence (a.k.a. independent clause)? He wasn't. 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. 39. Subordinate clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 40. Identify the subordinate clause in each sentence. The taxi driver found the restaurant on a street where Libby thought there wasn't one. A) The taxi driver found the restaurant on a street . B) Where Libby thought there wasn't one. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where Libby thought there wasn't one. ← PreviousRelated 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