This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Clauses And Phrases – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Clauses And Phrases Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. While the teacher graded papers. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) Phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 2. On the back of my neck A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Dependent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 3. After Javon stood up for his classmate A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) Phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent clause. 4. When he wiggled his fingersis an example of ..... clause. A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 5. Which sentence uses commas correctly to set off a direct address to Grandma, just like Evelyn might say at the dinner table? A) Let's eat, Grandma. B) Let's eat Grandma. C) Let's, eat Grandma. D) Let's eat Grandma, TagsTEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Let's eat, Grandma. 6. Which word is being modified?His costume, which was quite original, was just a cardboard box. A) Costume. B) Large. C) Cardboard. D) Original. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Costume. 7. Blake took several incredible panoramic photographs of the sweeping view from the top of Table Mountain. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 8. Choose the sentence with the modifier in the correct place. A) The clerk sold the scarf to the woman with the red print. B) The clerk sold the scarf with the red print to the woman. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The clerk sold the scarf with the red print to the woman. 9. What is the green group of words?Employees may leave work for personal reasons after they receive permission from the manager. A) Phrase. B) Dependent Clause. C) Independent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independent Clause. 10. Choose the phrase from the following: A) Max fell down the stairs. B) As she ran. C) Before school. D) The dog ate the stick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before school. 11. Independent or Dependent? Unless my dad comes home. A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 12. After a parrotfish eats algae-covered coral, the coral travels through the fish's digestive system, and then it is deposited in the reef as white coral sand. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complex. 13. Defending family and friends with courage A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) Phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phrase. 14. Which type of phrase functions as an "interrupting definition?" A) Prepositional. B) Appositive. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appositive. 15. Which of the following sentences contains a linking verb? A) Mom ran to the store five minutes ago. B) She might wash her car. C) He is angry at me. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is angry at me. 16. I enjoy whatever fruit is covered in chocolate. A) Subject. B) PN. C) DO. D) OP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DO. 17. The maple leaf, which is Canada's national emblem, has been associated with the country since the 1700s. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 18. Which of the following sentences punctuates the non-restrictive element correctly? A) I visited New York with, my cousin, who lives in Philadelphia. B) I visited New York with my cousin, who lives in Philadelphia. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I visited New York with my cousin, who lives in Philadelphia. 19. A word group that is missing a subject or a verb. It cannot stand alone as a sentence. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) Phrase. D) Sentence Fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phrase. 20. Aria and Avery are racing to catch the school bus! Choose the sentence that correctly uses a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb to describe what happened when Aria was late. A) She was late; therefore, she missed the bus. B) She was late, therefore she missed the bus. C) She was late; therefore she missed the bus. D) She was late therefore, she missed the bus.TagsTEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was late; therefore, she missed the bus. 21. Which word or phrase is modifying dog?I showed my dog with fleas to the veterinarian. A) Showed. B) With fleas. C) I. D) To the veterinarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With fleas. 22. I brushed my teeth after I had breakfast.Select the subordinating conjunction: A) After. B) Teeth. C) Had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 23. Because I was afraid A) Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Dependent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent Clause. 24. When I got to work A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Dependent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent clause. 25. Tell whether the following sentence is an independent or a dependent clause:We ate lunch A) Dependent. B) Independent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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