This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. IDENTIFY THE CLAUSE:My wife, who is a champion tennis player, agreed to be my doubles partner. A) Main Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate Clause. 2. Temperatures, ..... weather forecasters can tell at this stage, are expected to be above average next month. A) Provided that. B) Compared to. C) Insofar as. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insofar as. 3. I went to the market, on thursday In this sentence 'on thursday' is ..... clause A) Subordinate. B) Main. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate. 4. Complete:Finish your homework ..... you sleep. A) While. B) If. C) Before. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 5. What are the common subordinating conjunctions used to introduce noun subordinate clauses? A) That, whether, if, what, who, whom, whose, which, when, where, why, how, and whoever. B) Because, since, although. C) After, before, during. D) And, but, or. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That, whether, if, what, who, whom, whose, which, when, where, why, how, and whoever. 6. Can never stand alone; is a sentence fragment or incomplete sentence A) Adverbial prepositional phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Adjectival prepositional phrase. D) Dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dependent clause. 7. Identify the subordinate clause. I make a pot of coffee as soon as I wake up. A) I make a pot of coffee. B) As soon as I wake up. C) There is no subordinate clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As soon as I wake up. 8. We will eat lunch when the bell rings. A) Dependent clause. B) Independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent clause. 9. I was having a shower ..... I heard a strange noise. A) Since. B) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 10. True or false? A subordinate clause is one that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 11. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. Nuclear reactions within the sun produce its energy. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 12. Act responsibly if you want to succeed. A) Main Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main Clause. 13. My brother loves playing football, ..... he doesn't like playing volleyball. A) And. B) But. C) So. D) Therefore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) But. 14. Classify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:Although he checked the conspiracy, nevertheless he was sent into exile. A) Causal clause. B) Relative clause. C) Temporal clause. D) Concessive clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Concessive clause. 15. Find the subordinate conjunction If you confess your sins, God will be faithful to forgive you. A) Faithful. B) God. C) Sins. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If. 16. Identify the independent clause:When the rain stopped, the teams took the field. A) The teams took the field. B) When the rain stopped. C) There is no independent clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The teams took the field. 17. Which is the subordinate clause? A) While he was waiting. B) His book. C) Waiting. D) He read his book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While he was waiting. 18. ..... the rain, we enjoyed our holiday. A) In spite of. B) Although. C) Because. D) Even though. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In spite of. 19. HOW SHE GOT HERE SO FAST is a mystery to me. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 20. What words are most commonly in relative clause? A) Who, that, which, whose, where, when. B) Who and why. C) None of them. D) I do not know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who, that, which, whose, where, when. 21. Identify the main clause in this sentence. Clutching his stomach, he collapsed on the ground. A) Clutching his stomach,. B) He collapsed on the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He collapsed on the ground. 22. This book, which I cannot put down, is about pirates living on a boat. What is the main clause in this sentence? A) This book. B) Which I cannot put down. C) This book is about pirates living on a boat. D) This book, which I cannot put down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This book is about pirates living on a boat. 23. He felt unsure because he has never traveled by himself. The best turning around of the sentence is A) He was unsure about traveling alone. B) Traveling alone left him feeling unsure. C) The boy felt afraid about traveling by himself. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traveling alone left him feeling unsure. 24. Whenever you dust the shelves, I sneeze. A) Subordinate clause. B) Main clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main clause. 25. Identify the relative clause:The painting that you bought is hanging in the hallway. A) The painting is hanging in the hallway. B) That you bought is hanging in the hallway. C) That you bought. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That you bought. 26. Peter didn't see Jane ..... she was right in front of him. A) In spite of. B) So that. C) Although. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although. 27. UNLESS I FIND MY KEYS, I won't be able to get to school on time. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 28. Since the prime minister of Canada is giving a speech at the convention center A) Independent. B) Convention Center. C) Subordinate. D) Prime Minister of Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subordinate. 29. Identify the relative pronoun in the sentence:That class was really boring, which is why I fell asleep in it. A) That. B) Which. C) Was. D) Really. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Which. 30. This word refers to a group, organization, or government controlled by the majority of its members or citizens: A) Democrats. B) Democracy. C) Demographics. D) Democrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democracy. 31. When the actor forgot his line A) Independent. B) Subordinate. C) Not a clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 32. The Spam sandwich actually tasted better THAN I HAD EXPECTED. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 33. The form of the verb that expresses a situation that is dependent upon another event. A) Interrogative. B) Indicative. C) Conditional. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conditional. 34. What is the appositive(s) phrase? Mr. Riley, our neighbor, is moving to a different city. A) Our neighbor. B) Mr. Riley. C) Mr. Riley, our neighbor. D) Moving to a different city. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our neighbor. 35. She'll meet her at the station when she arrives. A) She'll meet her at the station. B) When she arrives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When she arrives. 36. She wanted to speak German so she could understand her grandmother. A) Subordinate Clause. B) Main Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate Clause. 37. Riding a bike through the park, he enjoyed the air. This sentence is a: A) Sequential action. B) Concurrent action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concurrent action. 38. The student sprinted down the hall [because he heard the late bell]. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. 39. Find the subordinate clause Although school can be difficult, you are learning so much. A) So. B) You. C) Difficult. D) Although. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Although. 40. True or False:A subordinate clause must be in the same sentence as a main clause. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Find the subordinate clause:When you have finished your homework, you can have a sweet A) When you have finished your homework. B) You can have a sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When you have finished your homework. 42. What is the dependent clause in the following sentence?Because he was talking to his friend, Dylan was late for practice. A) He was talking to his friend. B) For practice. C) Because he was talking to his friend. D) Dylan was late for practice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he was talking to his friend. 43. Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework, she will have to suffer Mr. Nguyen's wrath in class tomorrow. A) Subordinate. B) Main. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate. 44. A lorry is used ..... carrying heavy things. A) To. B) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 45. Choose the dependent (subordinate) clause:Since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, everyone has been celebrating. A) Everyone has been celebrating. B) Since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. 46. Please identify the subordinating conjunction in this passage:Scout really enlightens the reader on Miss Gates' hypocrisy in chapter 26. Jem's fierce reaction does not imply that he disagrees, but that he is so upset by Tom's injustice that he simply cannot discuss it. If she is right about such a huge truth, what else might she be right about? A) In. B) Imply. C) What. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If. 47. Danny is weird even though he is smart. A) Complex. B) Complete Predicate. C) Simple. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 48. This is a situation in which statements, actions, or ideas oppose one another or don't make sense together: A) Contrary. B) Controversy. C) Contradiction. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contradiction. 49. Because I have finished my homework A) Independent Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate Clause. 50. ..... spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new season. A) Nevertheless. B) However. C) When. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 51. Which conjunction is used in the following subordinate clause:'He couldn't play because he was injured'? A) Therefore. B) Although. C) Because. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 52. Yanalie stopped screaming once Javier smashed the spider. A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 53. I want Susan to come to the party ..... I can introduce her to my friend Peter. A) In order to. B) To. C) So that. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So that. 54. What is the subordinate ADJECTIVE clause in the sentence below? I can't see the person who gave me the ticket. A) The person who gave. B) I can't see the person. C) Who gave me the ticket. D) I can't see. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Who gave me the ticket. 55. Where can I go ..... buy a new remote control? A) For. B) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To. 56. After we left the sandwich shop, A) Independent. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 57. After she picks me up, Mum is taking me to buy shoes. A) Subordinate. B) Main. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate. 58. Identify the clause:After her appointment at the orthodontist, Danielle cooked eggs for dinner because she could easily chew an omelet. A) Noun clause. B) Adverbial clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial clause. 59. Punctuate the following independent and subordinate clauses correctly:'I finished my homework' 'before I went to bed' A) I finished my homework before I went to the bed. B) I finished my homework before I went to the bed. C) I finished my homework before I went to bed. D) I finished my homework before I went to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I finished my homework before I went to bed. 60. Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:'I will call you when I reach home.' A) I reach home. B) Reach home. C) When I reach home. D) I will call you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I reach home. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books