This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Independent Clauses – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Independent Clauses Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is an independent clause?a) Since it was late.b) They played soccer in the park.c) Because she was busy.d) He went to the store. A) He went to the store. B) Because she was busy. C) Since it was late. D) They played soccer in the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They played soccer in the park. 2. Which revision best adds a colon to the sentence? 'You need to bring a pencil, a notebook, and a calculator to math class.' A) You need to bring:a pencil, a notebook, and a calculator to math class. B) To math class, you need to bring these items:a pencil, a notebook, and a calculator. C) You need to bring a pencil:a notebook, and a calculator to math class. D) You need to bring a pencil, a notebook, and:a calculator to math class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To math class, you need to bring these items:a pencil, a notebook, and a calculator. 3. What is the SUBJECT in the following sentence?Trying is very hardest, Jackson practiced the guitar morning, noon and night. A) Guitar. B) Noon. C) Jackson. D) Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jackson. 4. Identify the independent clause in the following sentence:While the cake was baking, she prepared the frosting. A) While the cake was baking. B) She prepared the frosting. C) While the cake was baking, she prepared. D) Baking, she prepared the frosting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She prepared the frosting. 5. In a dark and dangerous hallway A) Clause. B) Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phrase. 6. Which sentence shows the correct way to use a colon with independent clauses? A) I have a secret I can't tell you:I'm afraid of heights. B) I have a secret:I can't tell you I'm afraid of heights. C) I have a secret I can't tell you I'm:afraid of heights. D) I have a secret:I can't tell you:I'm afraid of heights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I have a secret I can't tell you:I'm afraid of heights. 7. What is the SUBJECT in the following sentence?Mother and Dad are now leaving the airport on their way to Spain for a two-week second honeymoon. A) Spain. B) Airport. C) Mother and Dad. D) Honeymoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother and Dad. 8. $_{Where does the semicolon go? }$You need new brakes otherwise you may not be able to stop in time. A) You;. B) Otherwise;. C) Brakes;. D) Able;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brakes;. 9. Identify the type of clause:The smores and the corn on the cob filled me up A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 10. I felt down and the doctor put me and orthosis A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 11. Juan finishes all his homework as soon as he gets home from school. A) Independent. B) Subordinate/ dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 12. Which sentence has a correctly punctuated independent clause? A) While I was walking, I saw a cat. B) Because it was late I went to bed. C) If you need help let me know. D) Although it was cold, we went outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While I was walking, I saw a cat. 13. How can you identify a dependent clause in a sentence? A) A dependent clause can stand alone as a complete thought. B) A dependent clause often starts with a subordinating conjunction and cannot stand alone as a complete thought. C) A dependent clause is always at the beginning of a sentence. D) A dependent clause contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dependent clause often starts with a subordinating conjunction and cannot stand alone as a complete thought. 14. Identify the sentence where the colon correctly introduces a list. A) To bake a cake, you need:flour, sugar, eggs, and milk. B) To bake:a cake you need flour, sugar, eggs, and milk. C) To bake a cake you need flour:sugar, eggs, and milk. D) To bake a cake:you need flour, sugar, eggs, and milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bake a cake, you need:flour, sugar, eggs, and milk. 15. Complete the sentence with the correct use of a colon:My favorite subjects are ..... math, science, and history. A) ;. B) -. C) :. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :. 16. What kind of dependent clause is in red? Frank ran the race as though his life depended on it. A) Adverb (Adverbial). B) Noun (Nominal). C) Adjective (Adjectival). D) It is not a dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb (Adverbial). 17. Complete the sentence with the correct punctuation:He only wanted one thing ..... to win. A) :. B) ;. C) ,. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :. 18. Evaluate the following sentence and determine if it is a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence: "The dog barked loudly, and the cat hissed because they saw a stranger." A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-complexTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound-complexTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. 19. Because I felt A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 20. True or False:When a dependent clause comes at the beginning of a sentence, you need to put a comma after it. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. True or False:The colon in the following sentence is used correctly. "My project is about:the planets in our solar system." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Select the sentence that uses a colon correctly:I have several friends:Jake, Sarah, and Miguel. A) I have several:friends, Jake, Sarah, and Miguel. B) I have several friends:Jake, Sarah, and Miguel. C) I have:several friends, Jake, Sarah, and Miguel. D) I:have several friends, Jake, Sarah, and Miguel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have several friends:Jake, Sarah, and Miguel. 23. Identify the clause:before you take the test A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) Not a clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent. 24. We like to put up decorations so all the trick-or-treaters will come to our house 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. 25. Complete the sentence:He had only one mission for the afternoon ..... finish his entire science project. A) , to. B) ; to. C) :to. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :to. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesIndependent Clauses Quiz 1Independent Clauses Quiz 2Independent Clauses Quiz 3Independent Clauses Quiz 4Independent Clauses Quiz 5Independent Clauses Quiz 6Independent Clauses Quiz 7Independent Clauses Quiz 8Independent Clauses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books