This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the dependent (subordinate) clause:Since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, everyone has been celebrating. A) Since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. B) Everyone has been celebrating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series. 2. Please identify the subordinating conjunction in this passage:Scout really enlightens the reader on Miss Gates' hypocrisy in chapter 26. Jem's fierce reaction does not imply that he disagrees, but that he is so upset by Tom's injustice that he simply cannot discuss it. If she is right about such a huge truth, what else might she be right about? A) If. B) In. C) What. D) Imply. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If. 3. Danny is weird even though he is smart. A) Complex. B) Simple. C) Complete Predicate. D) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex. 4. This is a situation in which statements, actions, or ideas oppose one another or don't make sense together: A) Contradiction. B) Controversy. C) Contrast. D) Contrary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contradiction. 5. Because I have finished my homework A) Independent Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate Clause. 6. ..... spring comes, many Vietnamese villages prepare for a new season. A) While. B) When. C) Nevertheless. D) However. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 7. Which conjunction is used in the following subordinate clause:'He couldn't play because he was injured'? A) Because. B) Therefore. C) Although. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because. 8. Yanalie stopped screaming once Javier smashed the spider. A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 9. I want Susan to come to the party ..... I can introduce her to my friend Peter. A) In order to. B) For. C) To. D) So that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So that. 10. What is the subordinate ADJECTIVE clause in the sentence below? I can't see the person who gave me the ticket. A) I can't see. B) I can't see the person. C) The person who gave. D) Who gave me the ticket. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who gave me the ticket. 11. Where can I go ..... buy a new remote control? A) To. B) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 12. After we left the sandwich shop, A) Independent. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 13. After she picks me up, Mum is taking me to buy shoes. A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 14. Identify the clause:After her appointment at the orthodontist, Danielle cooked eggs for dinner because she could easily chew an omelet. A) Noun clause. B) Adverbial clause. C) Independent clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial clause. 15. Punctuate the following independent and subordinate clauses correctly:'I finished my homework' 'before I went to bed' A) I finished my homework before I went to bed. B) I finished my homework before I went to the bed. C) I finished my homework before I went to the bed. D) I finished my homework before I went to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I finished my homework before I went to bed. 16. Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:'I will call you when I reach home.' A) I reach home. B) Reach home. C) When I reach home. D) I will call you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I reach home. 17. Adam screamed at the spider. A) Main Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main Clause. 18. Which is the main clause? A) John will get a good score. B) Playing games. C) If he studies hard. D) Grammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John will get a good score. 19. Because he had already cleaned his room, Jeffrey was allowed to go out and play. A) Main Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. C) Embedded Clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate Clause. 20. What is the following group of words? have been to the ocean A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Subordinate clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phrase. 21. Choose the dependent (subordinate) clause:Diane decided to plant tomatoes in the back of the yard where the sun blazed the longest during the day. A) Diane decided to plant tomatoes in the back of the yard. B) Where the sun blazed the longest during the day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where the sun blazed the longest during the day. 22. Identify the noun subordinate clause in the following sentence:'I know that she is coming.' A) That. B) She is coming. C) I know. D) That she is coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) That she is coming. 23. This word refers to a group, organization, or government controlled by one person: A) Democracy. B) Democrat. C) Autocracy. D) Demographics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autocracy. 24. Find the subordinate clause and comma in the correct place:I love sunny mornings because they make me smile A) I love sunny mornings, because they make me smile. B) I love sunny mornings because they make me smile. C) I love sunny mornings because they make me smile. D) I love sunny mornings, because they make me smile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I love sunny mornings because they make me smile. 25. What is the following group of words? Did you know A) Phrase. B) Independent clause. C) Subordinate clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 26. Classify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:While Catiline was plotting against the officials, Cicero discovered his plans. A) Relative clause. B) Temporal clause. C) Causal clause. D) Concessive clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal clause. 27. Identify the clause:The wonderful thing about English teachers is that they all get along so well. A) Noun clause. B) Independent clause. C) Adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun clause. 28. Shirley Chisholm grew up in Brooklyn. A) Independent Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 29. Classify each italicized subordinate clause as an adjective clause or adverb clause. Her pitches, which included a lighting fastball, earned her a spot on a team. A) Adjective clause. B) Adverb clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective clause. 30. What is another name for a subordinate clause? A) Independent clause. B) Santa Claus. C) Dependent Clause. D) There is not another name. 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