This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Subordinate Clauses Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I'm going to call the restaurant ..... book a table. A) To. B) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To. 2. Many people is traveling ..... A) Today. B) Considering that Holy Week is coming. C) In a car. D) With no passports. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Considering that Holy Week is coming. 3. Sports day was canceled because it was raining heavily. A) Main clause. B) Subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Main clause. 4. Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:'I will go to the beach when the weather is warm.' A) I will go to the beach. B) The weather is warm. C) To the beach when the weather is warm. D) When the weather is warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the weather is warm. 5. As the fall progresses, there are fewer hours every day when the sun shines. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 6. Which word is a subordinating conjunction? A) Additionally. B) Instead. C) Whenever. D) During. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whenever. 7. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. The sun is very hot inside, but its surface is hotter. A) Simple. B) Complex. C) Compound. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compound. 8. Which subordinate clause does the following sentence contain? The class will never forget the time when the bird got in the class and scared their teacher. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 9. Identify the subordinate clause and classify the it as an adjective clause or adverb clause. After I read about a variety of houseplants, I made a shopping list. A) After I read about a variety of houseplants, :adjective clause. B) After I read about a variety of houseplants, :adverb clause. C) I made a shopping list.:adjective clause. D) I made a shopping list.:adverb clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After I read about a variety of houseplants, :adverb clause. 10. Each team has a sighted pitcher and a sighted catcher, who never get a turn at bat, and six fielders who wear blindfolds so that they don't have a visual advantage. A) Subordinate clause. B) Independent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate clause. 11. The children argued about WHAT THE BEST METHOD WAS TO CATCH FISH. A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 12. What is the problem with the following sentence fragment? Ran like the wind. A) Missing subject. B) Missing verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Missing subject. 13. Which of the following is a subordinate clause?a) They went to the park.b) Before it gets dark, c) The sky is blue. A) They went to the park. B) The sky is blue. C) After the rain stopped,. D) Before it gets dark,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before it gets dark,. 14. Identify the subordinate clause. I drink coffee at home, and I fix a cup for the road. A) I drink coffee at home. B) I fix a cup for the road. C) There is no subordinate clause. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is no subordinate clause. 15. When she has more free time, she'll start reading the book. A) When she has more free time. B) She'll start reading the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When she has more free time. 16. Which of the following words is a subordinating conjunction? A) Those. B) And. C) Because. D) Furthermore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 17. What is the SUBORDINATE clause in the sentence below? The birds that are at the bird feeder are cardinals. A) The birds that are at the bird feeder. B) That are at the bird feeder. C) That are at the bird feeder are cardinals. D) The birds are cardinals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That are at the bird feeder. 18. Classify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:While he was watching, they were preparing arms. A) Relative clause. B) Temporal clause. C) Causal clause. D) Concessive clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temporal clause. 19. An independent clause contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Sometimes a sentence contains both an independent and a subordinate clause. Is the clause in red ink independent or subordinate? If you adjust the blinds, you won't be so hot. A) Independent clause. B) Subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Independent clause. 20. ..... I can't come back by seven, you can eat without me. A) As regards. B) In view of the fact that. C) In the event that. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the event that. 21. My aunt stays at our house when she comes to the city for business meetings. A) Subordinate clause. B) Main clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate clause. 22. The trees that my great grandfather planted still shade the farmhouse. A) Subordinate clause. B) Main clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subordinate clause. 23. When the author later reflects on the headstone, he claims to feel a A) "supernatural alliance.". B) "empty space in his heart.". C) "sense of homecoming.". D) "world of heartbreak.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "supernatural alliance.". 24. BONUS:has a subject and a verb, expresses a complete thought, and can stand alone by itself as a complete sentence. A) Clause. B) Independent clause. C) Subordinate clause (dependent clause). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent clause. 25. Select all the answers that include a subordinate clause. A) I like chocolate although I don't like dark chocolate. B) My dog is a terrier. C) I have two sisters but only one lives at home with me. D) I need new clothes. 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