This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I like the Eagles, but they had a rough year. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 2. Choose the dependent (subordinate) clause:I will not be a member of that club if they treat people in such a rude way. A) I will not be a member of that club. B) If they treat people in such a rude way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If they treat people in such a rude way. 3. Find the subordinate clause and put comma in correct place:Enjoy being a child before it is too late A) Enjoy being a child, before it is too late. B) Enjoy being a child before it is too late. C) Enjoy being a child before it is too late. D) Enjoy being a child, before it is too late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoy being a child before it is too late. 4. How can you identify a main clause? A) Identify a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence. B) Identify a group of words that expresses an incomplete thought. C) Identify a group of words that is a fragment. D) Identify a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence and expresses a complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Identify a group of words that can stand alone as a sentence and expresses a complete thought. 5. What type of subordinate clause is this: "Monique draws a crowd wherever she performs" A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 6. My father is a doctor, in the nearby hospital In this sentence 'in the nearby hospital' is ..... clause A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 7. Choose the subordinate clause:You have many opportunities when you study at Tanglin. A) You have many opportunities. B) When you study at Tanglin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When you study at Tanglin. 8. Is the red clause independent or subordinate? After she picks me up, Mom is taking me to buy shoes. A) Independent. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 9. ..... my sister was sad, her boyfriend invited her to the new cinema. A) But. B) Although. C) So. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because. 10. What phrase is different from the others? A) Next, . B) In fact, . C) First of all, . D) Finally, . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In fact, . 11. Identify the subordinate clause. After the storm cleared, the flight took off. A) The flight. B) The flight took off. C) After the storm cleared. D) The storm cleared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the storm cleared. 12. Select the GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT option: A) After being eliminated from the challenge I decided that type of game wasn't for me. B) After being eliminated from the challenge, I decided that type of game wasn't for me. C) After, being eliminated from the challenge, I decided that type of game wasn't for me. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After being eliminated from the challenge, I decided that type of game wasn't for me. 13. Choose the appositive. The dogs jumped the fence, and they became lost. Mr. Fos, the owner, searched all day for them. A) The owner. B) And they became lost. C) No appositive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The owner. 14. What type of subordinate clause is this: "Slugs are somewhat like snails, which have an external shell" A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 15. I won't change my mind, but you can ask someone else. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 16. I prefer to play soccer ..... I don't like to play baseball. A) So. B) And. C) But. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because. 17. Complete the sentence with the corresponding connector.We went fishing last Saturday ..... we did not catch anything. What a pity! A) But. B) When. C) Because. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) But. 18. Which of the following is an example of a main clause?a) Although it was raining, b) I went to the park.c) Because she was tired, d) They ate dinner. A) I went to the park. B) Since she went shopping. C) After finishing my homework,. D) Although it was sunny,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I went to the park. 19. Snow White felt safe when she met the dwarves. Which is the main clause in the sentence? A) Snow White felt safe. B) When she met the dwarves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snow White felt safe. 20. I have not been able to find the place where does she live. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 21. Identify the type of clause:Who found Hal's wallet. A) Independent. B) Subordinate. C) Relative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relative. 22. She was wearied by the events that occurred earlier that day. The best turning around of the sentence is A) She was wearied from earlier that day. B) Left wearied by the day's events, she retreated to her bed. C) .The day's events left her weary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Left wearied by the day's events, she retreated to her bed. 23. What type of subordinate clause is in the following sentences?Sometimes we take it for granted that our life is becoming more and more comfortable and successful with all the new means of communication and new devices-plasma TVs, portable computers, wireless Internet amd smart phones. A) Subordinate definition clause. B) Subordinate addition clause. C) Subordinate subject clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate definition clause. 24. Identify the independent clause:As the quarterback threw the pass, the crowd cheered wildly. A) As the quarterback threw the pass. B) The crowd cheered wildly. C) There is no independent clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The crowd cheered wildly. 25. Identify the subordinate clause:Because my dog is afraid of thunder, he hides under the bed during storms. A) Because my dog is afraid of thunder. B) He hides under the bed during storms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because my dog is afraid of thunder. 26. Which of the following is NOT a subordinating conjunction. A) If. B) Or. C) After. D) Where. E) Even though. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Or. 27. Match the sentence beginning with the ending:Some people are good at managing money A) Wheter they want or not. B) They will not be able to reduce their spending. C) Exercise is free. D) While other people find controlling their finances more difficult. E) They can be quite expensive pastimes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While other people find controlling their finances more difficult. 28. Subordinate clauses start with a ..... A) Conjunction. B) Subordinating connective. C) Subordinating conjunction. D) Sentence opener. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subordinating conjunction. 29. I want to stop by the restaurant WHERE MY SISTER WORKS. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 30. Select the answer that includes a subordinating conjunction. A) My favourite flower is a rose. B) Roses are beautiful although they have sharp thorns. C) Red roses are popular flowers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roses are beautiful although they have sharp thorns. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSubordinate Clauses Quiz 1Subordinate Clauses Quiz 2Subordinate Clauses Quiz 3Subordinate Clauses Quiz 4Subordinate Clauses Quiz 5Subordinate Clauses Quiz 6Subordinate Clauses Quiz 7Subordinate Clauses Quiz 8Subordinate Clauses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books