This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. Shirley Chisholm grew up in Brooklyn. A) Independent Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent Clause. 9. 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. 10. What is another name for a subordinate clause? A) Independent clause. B) Santa Claus. C) Dependent Clause. D) There is not another name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dependent Clause. 11. Choose the subordinate clause:Jonathon spent his class time reading comic books since his average was a 45 one week before final exams. A) Jonathon spent his class time reading comic books. B) Since his average was a 45 one week before final exams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since his average was a 45 one week before final exams. 12. Define the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence:In spite of the fact that he was qualified, he couldn't get a job. A) The object clause. B) The attributive clause. C) The adverbial clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The adverbial clause. 13. What are the types of subordinate clauses? A) Relative clauses. B) Adverbial clauses, adjective clauses, and noun clauses. C) Verb clauses. D) Independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial clauses, adjective clauses, and noun clauses. 14. You can keep your privileges as long as we continue to see progress. A) Independent Clause. B) Subordinate Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate Clause. 15. Why do we need to use Signal phrases? A) Because we like them. B) Because we don't understand. C) Because we can follow ideas easier. D) Because they are a group of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because we can follow ideas easier. 16. What type of subordinate clause is in the following sentences?Though it seems as if everything has already been created, inventors surprise us with new gadgets every years. A) Subordinate addition clause. B) Subordinate subject clause. C) Subordinate predicate clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subordinate predicate clause. 17. Which one is a main clause? A) I listen to music. B) I go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I listen to music. 18. Which of the following is an example of a subordinate conjunction? A) Since. B) Although. C) If. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. What is the function of a subordinate clause in a sentence? A) It serves as the main subject of the sentence. B) It provides additional information in a sentence. C) It indicates the end of the sentence. D) It functions as the primary verb in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It provides additional information in a sentence. 20. Choose the subordinate clause:Until I drink my coffee, I really cannot function very well. A) Until I drink my coffee. B) I really cannot function very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Until I drink my coffee. 21. ..... working at the hardware store, Vincent was never happy. A) He was. B) When he was. C) When was he. D) Was he. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When he was. 22. Which of the following is an example of a main clause?a) Because it was cold outside, b) I want to go shopping.c) After finishing his work, d) They played soccer. A) I want to go shopping. B) Before they played soccer,. C) After finishing his work,. D) Because it was cold outside,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I want to go shopping. 23. Subordinate clauses have a subject and a verb. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Which makes a delicious salad A) Independent. B) Subordinate. C) Not a clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinate. 25. Identify the following word group:After they went. A) Independent clause. B) Both fragment and subordinate clause. C) Fragment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both fragment and subordinate clause. ← 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