This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Independent Clauses – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Independent Clauses Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A nano bot can kill cancer cells A) Independent. B) Dependent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 2. What is the problem in the following compound sentence?Their huge lot has been barren for years, so they planted fruit-bearning trees on it. A) Their huge lot has been barren for years. B) They planted fruit-bearing trees on it. C) They planted flowers on it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their huge lot has been barren for years. 3. What is the SUBJECT in the following sentence?Before leaving for the beach, Arianna packed her favorite books and her iPod. A) Beach. B) Book. C) IPod. D) Arianna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arianna. 4. Determine if the clause is independent or dependent ..... After you write your name ..... A) Dependent. B) Independent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent. 5. What is the AWUBIS word/words in the sentence? "He cut his hair shorter so that he could look like Zayn." A) So. B) That. C) So that. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So that. 6. Identify the error in punctuation:There are two things I require:honesty and loyalty:from my friends. A) The first colon is incorrect. B) The second colon is incorrect. C) Both colons are incorrect. D) No error in punctuation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The second colon is incorrect. 7. Which of the following is true about independent clauses? A) They cannot stand alone as a sentence. B) They always start with a subordinating conjunction. C) They express a complete thought. D) They are always followed by a dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They express a complete thought. 8. Which sentence correctly uses a colon to separate two independent clauses? A) He was nervous:he had never performed before. B) She was late:because she missed the bus. C) I want to go home:but I have to finish this project. D) They were excited:for the vacation was finally here. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was nervous:he had never performed before. 9. Complete the sentence:The teacher's last words to the class were powerful ..... 'You are all capable of greatness.' A) ,. B) . C) :. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) :. 10. What kind of dependent clause is in red? My greatest asset is that I am a hard worker. A) Adverb (Adverbial). B) Noun (Nominal). C) Adjective (Adjectival). D) It is not a dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun (Nominal). 11. It doesn't really interest me. A) Independent clause. B) Dependent clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 12. What kind of dependent clause is in red?A person who trusts no one cannot be trusted. A) Adverb (Adverbial). B) Noun (Nominal). C) Adjective (Adjectival). D) It is not a dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective (Adjectival). 13. True or False:A colon can only be used after a complete sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. What is the independent clause? A) After everyone arrived. B) Kids played lots of games. C) Lots of game. D) After. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kids played lots of games. 15. Use a coordinating conjunction to combine the following two sentences:I love to dance. I hate to sing. A) I love to dance and I hate to sing. B) I love to dance, or I hate to sing. C) I love to dance, but I hate to sing. D) I love to dance so I hate to sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I love to dance, but I hate to sing. 16. Complete the sentence with the appropriate punctuation:She had one goal ..... to win the race. A) -. B) :. C) ,. D) ;. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) :. 17. This is the action performed or state of being explained. A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Pronoun. D) Noun orpronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 18. Identify the independent clause in the sentence: "Because the alarm was broken, he woke up late." A) Because the alarm was broken. B) He woke up late. C) The alarm was broken. D) Woke up late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He woke up late. 19. True or False:You should only capitalize the first word after a colon if it begins a complete sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Choose the correct coordinating conjunction to join the two independent clauses:She was tired, ..... she kept working. A) Yet. B) So. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yet. 21. Identify the independent clause in the following sentence: "Although it was raining, we decided to go for a walk." A) A) Although it was raining. B) B) We decided to go for a walk. C) C) To go for a walk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) We decided to go for a walk. 22. Choose the correct coordinating conjunction to join the two independent clauses:He didn't call me, ..... I was worried. A) So. B) Or. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 23. Determine if the clause is independent or dependent ..... Because my tea was too cold ..... A) Dependent. B) Independent. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dependent. 24. Choose the correct coordinating conjunction to join the two independent clauses:He was late, ..... he missed the bus. A) So. B) Nor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 25. What type of sentence has an independent clause and dependent clause joined together by a subordinating conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS Word) A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) Complex-Compoud. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. ← 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