This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Clauses And Phrases – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Clauses And Phrases Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the independent clause from the following: A) Won the Newbery Bowl. B) Who hate to eat vegetables. C) I ate cereal. D) For breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I ate cereal. 2. Evelyn and Benjamin are debating grammar! Which sentence correctly uses commas to set off a parenthetical phrase? A) The answer, however is not clear. B) The answer however, is not clear. C) The answer, however, is not clear. D) The answer however is not clear.TagsTEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The answer, however, is not clear. 3. I didn't get very much sleep. A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Dependent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 4. Identify the dependent clause: A) When the day ends,. B) We can all go home and make cookies. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the day ends,. 5. Which of the following sentences uses the word am as a linking verb? A) I am watching a hummingbird. B) I am an athlete. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I am an athlete. 6. When we heard the news. A) Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Dependent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent Clause. 7. Scarlett and Samuel are writing stories about their pets. Which of the following sentences shows a correctly punctuated compound sentence in their stories? A) The dog barked, and the cat ran away. B) The dog barked and, the cat ran away. C) The dog barked and the cat ran away. D) The dog barked; and the cat ran away.TagsTEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog barked, and the cat ran away. 8. Harper, Noah, and Jackson are writing sentences about a speedy car! Which sentence correctly uses commas to set off a dependent clause in the middle? A) The car that was red, sped past us. B) The car, that was red, sped past us. C) The car, which was red, sped past us. D) The car which was red, sped past us.TagsTEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The car, which was red, sped past us. 9. Arjun and Ava just watched a thrilling movie! Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon to connect their thoughts about the film? A) The movie was long; I enjoyed every minute of it. B) The movie was long, I enjoyed every minute of it. C) The movie was long; and I enjoyed every minute of it. D) The movie was long; because I enjoyed every minute of it.TagsTEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The movie was long; I enjoyed every minute of it. 10. Identify the phrase in this sentence: "She lives near the beach." A) She lives. B) Near the beach. C) Lives near. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near the beach. 11. If you leave a dependent clause or a phrase by itself, what sentence error do you create? A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) Phrase. D) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence fragment. 12. Have you ever gotten a strange feeling that someone was around you A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Dependent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 13. Under the mountain near the river. A) Phrase. B) Independent Clause. C) Dependent Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 14. Annual plants survive only one season and must be replaced each year, but perennials return each year with new flowers and foliage. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 15. What kind of clause?When I was five, I started kindergarten A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) Both a dependent and an independent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a dependent and an independent clause. 16. After the movie was over, Bryce bought a bucket of popcorn for the car ride home. The highlighted portion of the sentence is an example of a(n) ..... A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) Phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 17. All because I hadn't had enough sleep A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Dependent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent clause. 18. Which sentence contains at least one prepositional phrase? A) The Nautilus, Captain Nemo's submarine, could reach twenty-eight knots under water. B) The polyoptozoans of Mars have hundreds of eyes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The polyoptozoans of Mars have hundreds of eyes. 19. Which word is a modifier?The green car on the bridge is mine. A) Green. B) Car. C) On. D) Bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Green. 20. Because we couldn't find the theater A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 21. Adjective or Adverb Clause? There is the mountain we plan to hike. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 22. Is this a complete sentence or run-on?My brother just graduated from high school, so he will attend St. Petersburg College. A) Complete sentence. B) Run-on sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 23. Sailboats travel to wherever the winds takes them. A) Subject. B) PN. C) DO. D) OP. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OP. 24. During last night's thunderstorm, a flurry of tiny hailstones danced across the roof of our house. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple. 25. A subordinate conjunction makes a clause dependent. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesClauses And Phrases Quiz 1Clauses And Phrases Quiz 2Clauses And Phrases Quiz 3Clauses And Phrases Quiz 4Clauses And Phrases Quiz 5Clauses And Phrases Quiz 7Clauses And Phrases Quiz 8Clauses And Phrases Quiz 9Clauses And Phrases Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books