This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the clause:What I had for breakfast gave me heartburn. A) Relative clause. B) Noun clause. C) Adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun clause. 2. Find the main clause and comma in the correct place:After she ate her lunch she walked for a hour A) After she ate her lunch, she walked for a hour. B) After she ate her lunch she walked for a hour. C) After she ate her lunch she walked for a hour. D) After she ate her lunch she walked for a hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After she ate her lunch, she walked for a hour. 3. Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence. After many years, they discovered the tomb where the Pharaoh was buried. A) Where the Pharaoh was buried. B) After many years, they discovered the tomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where the Pharaoh was buried. 4. Which subordinate clause does the following sentence contain? Plants that are found in tropical rain forests usually have waxy leaves. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 5. We use the phrases "It's important to note that ..... " to A) Give the main ideas. B) Emphasize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emphasize. 6. Which of the following is a subordinate clause?a) I love to read books.b) Although it was raining, c) The car is blue. A) I love to read books. B) Because I was tired,. C) Although it was raining,. D) The car is blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although it was raining,. 7. You can't deny THAT KATERINA TRIED HER BEST. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 8. Read the examples and answer the question.A. After an influenza epidemic struck in 1919, many people died.B. An influenza epidemic struck in 1919. Many people died.C. In 1919, an influenza epidemic struck, and many people died. Which selection emphasizes that people died as a result of the epidemic? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 9. Define the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence:One day, because the days were so short, he decided to give up algebra and geometry. A) The object clause. B) The attributive clause. C) The adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The adverbial clause. 10. Preheat the oven to 350 degree, and take the chicken out of the refrigerator. A) Main clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main clause. 11. Classify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:Cicero delayed until Catiline left Rome. A) Relative clause. B) Causal clause. C) Temporal clause. D) Concessive clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal clause. 12. Which is a fun dance A) Subordinate. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate. 13. Identify the following word group:They swim. A) Subordinate clause. B) Independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 14. Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence. At the end of the talk, we went outside so that we could sketch the building. A) So that we could sketch the building. B) At the end of the talk, we went outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So that we could sketch the building. 15. Subordinate clauses do not have a subject and a verb A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 16. ..... it was cold, Zul Afzal didn't put on his coat. A) Although. B) Despite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although. 17. Identify the main clause in the following sentence:The dog barked loudly when the mailman arrived. A) The mailman arrived. B) Barked loudly. C) The dog. D) The dog barked loudly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog barked loudly. 18. Whis is NOT correct? Karen bought some biscuits to eat ..... she was on diet. A) Though. B) Despite the fact that. C) Although. D) In spite of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In spite of. 19. Match the sentence beginning with the ending:Although going to the cinema or restaurant may be enjoyable, A) While other people find controlling their finances more difficult. B) They will not be able to reduce their spending. C) Exercise is free. D) They can be quite expensive pastimes. E) Wheter they want or not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They can be quite expensive pastimes. 20. Jack studies hard ..... , he gets high grades. A) Despite. B) Therefore. C) In addition. D) Nevertheless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Therefore. 21. I know the place [where I was born]. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 22. What is the problem with the following sentence fragment?The president of the United States. A) Missing subject. B) Missing verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Missing verb. 23. He won't apply for the job ..... he hasn't got a driving licence as required. A) Although. B) While. C) Because. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 24. What is the following group of words? in deep and shallow water A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Subordinate clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 25. As a result of the weather, the children wore their snow boots. A) Main clause. B) Subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate clause. 26. Give my regards to Jane if you ..... her! A) Meet. B) Will meet. C) Met. D) Shall meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meet. 27. Punctuate the following independent and subordinate clauses correctly:'I will go to the party' 'if I finish my work' A) I will go to the party, if I finish my work. B) I will go to the party if I finish my work. C) I will go to the party if I finish my work. D) I will go to the party if I finish my work?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will go to the party, if I finish my work. 28. Learning Goal:To be able to recognise and use complex sentences. A) I have read my learning goal. B) I have read and understood my learning goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have read and understood my learning goal. 29. We wrote it ..... you were walking in the park. A) While. B) If. C) When. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 30. What type of subordinate clause is this: "Does the ad say whether previous experience is necessary?l" A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 31. Write the word that would make these sentences into a compound sentence. Students got to try different foods. They listened to performers at the same time. A) , but. B) , and. C) , yet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , and. 32. Which subordinate clause does the following sentence contain? They were thoroughly confused by whatever the tour guide said. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun. 33. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. The sun is our nearest star; thus, it seems brightest. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 34. Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex? They couldn't go to school because they had to work. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 35. In the sentence 'Although it was raining, we went for a walk.', which part is the subordinate clause? A) Although it was raining. B) We went for a walk. C) Although we went for a walk. D) It was raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although it was raining. 36. Identify the italicized clause as an independent clause or subordinate clause. To conserve fuel, the ancient Chinese used stir-frying, which is a method for cooking food quickly. A) Subordinate. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent. 37. If you ..... the lottery, will you buy me a dog? A) Have won. B) Will win. C) Won. D) Win. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Win. 38. Read the examples and answer the question. A. After an influenza epidemic struck in 1919, many people died.B. An influenza epidemic struck in 1919. Many people died.C. In 1919, an influenza epidemic struck, and many people died. Which selection is a compound sentence? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 39. Which subordinate clause does the following sentence contain? Before the class about The Civil War, the students had to watch a Youtube video. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 40. The boy is free to leave once he completes his assignment. The best rewording of the sentence is A) Once he completes his assignment, the boy is free to leave. B) Completing his assignment, made it possible for the boy to leave. C) Upon completion of his assignment, the boy was free to leave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Upon completion of his assignment, the boy was free to leave. 41. I can't go to a concert with you, ..... I finish this report. A) Unless. B) Although. C) So that. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unless. 42. The measures are irrelevant as far as inflation is ..... " A) In case. B) Concerned. C) Unless. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concerned. 43. He wears a black cap, whenever he goes to the market In this sentence 'whenever he goes to the market' is ..... clause A) Subordinate. B) Main. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate. 44. Cick on the SIMPLE SENTENCE. A simple sentence has one main clause. It has one complete thought. A) Baked cupcakes. B) Baked a cake. C) Samy baked a cake. D) Samy baked a cake, and Nate baked cupcakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Samy baked a cake. 45. Choose the subordinate clause:Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework, she will have to suffer Mrs. Frederick's wrath in class tomorrow. A) She will have to suffer Mrs. Frederick's wrath in class tomorrow. B) Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework. 46. Classify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:They desired a revolution because they had lost all their goods. A) Relative clause. B) Causal clause. C) Concessive clause. D) Temporal clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causal clause. 47. Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence:He couldn't go to the party because he was sick.a) He couldn't go to the partyb) because he was sick A) He couldn't go to the party. B) He was sick. C) He didn't want to go to the party. D) Because he was sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because he was sick. 48. Identify whether the colored clause is INDEPENDENT or SUBORDINATE (DEPENDENT). Victoria heard what her sister said, but she ignored it. A) Subordinate. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate. 49. Classify each italicized subordinate clause as an adjective clause or adverb clause. She practiced on her own for six years before she tried out for Little League. A) Adjective clause. B) Adverb clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb clause. 50. Which part of the following sentence is an adjectival clause? Jane is the person who lives at the bottom of the hill. A) Who lives at the bottom of the hill. B) Jane is the person. C) At the bottom of the hill. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who lives at the bottom of the hill. 51. I like the Eagles, but they had a rough year. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Compound. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 52. Choose the dependent (subordinate) clause:I will not be a member of that club if they treat people in such a rude way. A) If they treat people in such a rude way. B) I will not be a member of that club. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If they treat people in such a rude way. 53. Find the subordinate clause and put comma in correct place:Enjoy being a child before it is too late A) Enjoy being a child before it is too late. B) Enjoy being a child, before it is too late. C) Enjoy being a child before it is too late. D) Enjoy being a child, before it is too late. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoy being a child before it is too late. 54. How can you identify a main clause? A) Identify a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence. B) Identify a group of words that expresses an incomplete thought. C) Identify a group of words that is a fragment. D) Identify a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence and expresses a complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Identify a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence and expresses a complete thought. 55. What type of subordinate clause is this: "Monique draws a crowd wherever she performs" A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 56. My father is a doctor, in the nearby hospital In this sentence 'in the nearby hospital' is ..... clause A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 57. Choose the subordinate clause:You have many opportunities when you study at Tanglin. A) You have many opportunities. B) When you study at Tanglin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When you study at Tanglin. 58. Is the red clause independent or subordinate? After she picks me up, Mom is taking me to buy shoes. A) Subordinate. B) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent. 59. ..... my sister was sad, her boyfriend invited her to the new cinema. A) Although. B) So. C) Because. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 60. What phrase is different from the others? A) Next, . B) In fact, . C) First of all, . D) Finally, . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In fact, . ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSubordinate Clauses Quiz 1Subordinate Clauses Quiz 2Subordinate Clauses Quiz 3Subordinate Clauses Quiz 4Subordinate Clauses Quiz 5Subordinate Clauses Quiz 7Subordinate Clauses Quiz 8Subordinate Clauses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books