This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence:We hailed them and they halted while we hurried towards them. A) The object clause. B) The attributive clause. C) The adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The adverbial clause. 2. Which subordinate clause does the following sentence contain? Rosa Parks, whom I admire greatly, was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 3. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. John retired when he turned 65. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compund. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex. 4. Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence:Whenever I fail a test, I cry and scream. A) Whenever I fail a test. B) Whenever I fail. C) I cry and scream. D) Cry and scream. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whenever I fail a test. 5. The seven dwarves came home when they had finished work. Which word is a conjunction? A) The seven dwarves. B) Came. C) Home. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 6. Amy stopped screaming once Adam smashed the spider. A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 7. Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:He couldn't go to the party because he had to work.a) He couldn't go to the partyb) because he had to workc) he had to workd) to the party A) To the party. B) Because he had to work. C) He couldn't go to the party. D) He had to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he had to work. 8. Identify the type of clause:Although my brother is a talented musician. A) Independent. B) Subordinate. C) Relative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 9. The Queen didn't like Snow White because she was fairer than her. Which clause is a subordinate clause? A) The Queen didn't like Snow White. B) Because she was fairer than her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because she was fairer than her. 10. Are you serious? A) Complete sentence. B) Sentence fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complete sentence. 11. Maybe they should try to figure out what does the baby want. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 12. Even though they are best friends, they fought In this sentence 'they fought' is ..... clause A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main. 13. What kind of dependent clause is in red? The people waiting all night outside the Apple store are trying to purchase a new iPhone. A) Adverb (Adverbial). B) Noun (Nominal). C) Adjective (Adjectival). D) It is not a dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective (Adjectival). 14. Which example is a subordinate clause? A) The mirror only told the truth. B) When asked who was the fairest. C) The queen dresses as an old woman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When asked who was the fairest. 15. How is the conjunction 'nor' being used in the following sentence:Neither Paul nor Mary understood the math assignment. A) Coordinating conjunction. B) Correlative coordinating conjunction. C) Correlative subordinating conjunctions. D) Subordinating conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correlative coordinating conjunction. 16. Unless Carlota finishes her maths homework, she will have to suffer Pedro's ire in class tomorrow. A) Main. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 17. Hollering at a funeral is a cultural trait. It is a way that relatives and friends of the deceased display grief for their loss. The first sentence begins with A) A word that has the suffix-ing. B) An adverb. C) An adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word that has the suffix-ing. 18. She had got some money, ..... she decided to travel around the country. A) So. B) But. C) Although. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 19. He and I were best friends A) Independent. B) Subordinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent. 20. Please identify the subordinating conjunction in this passage:I went to the doctor today. Although he claimed I did not have strep, I think he is wrong. How else can I explain how much my throat hurts? A) How. B) Although. C) Not. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although. 21. True or False:a phrase is a complete sentence A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. I knew this was going to be an exciting game when Andrew took his first swing. A) Independent Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate Clause. 23. Find the main clause:Before the party started, the guests started to get ready A) Before the party started. B) The guests started to get ready. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The guests started to get ready. 24. Identify the main clause in the following sentence:'I will go to the store if it stops raining.' A) To the store if it stops raining. B) If it stops raining. C) I will go to the store. D) I will go to the store if. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I will go to the store. 25. I'll use my own hat, ..... you please. A) While. B) When. C) If. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSubordinate Clauses Quiz 2Subordinate Clauses Quiz 3Subordinate Clauses Quiz 4Subordinate Clauses Quiz 5Subordinate Clauses Quiz 6Subordinate Clauses Quiz 7Subordinate Clauses Quiz 8Subordinate Clauses Quiz 9Subordinate Clauses Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books