This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Clause Complex – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Clause Complex Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the main clause in this sentence.Clutching his stomach, he collapsed on the ground. A) Clutching his stomach,. B) He collapsed on the ground. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He collapsed on the ground. 2. What type of clause is the following:"Mum has obviously realized that if I went to the festival I would soon find out how totally dependent on her I am" A) Clause simplex. B) Parataxis. C) Hypotaxis. D) A combination of parataxis and hypotaxis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hypotaxis. 3. What is the correct way to fix this sentence:Bailey loves to hear Mrs. C sing she thinks Mrs. C is amazing. A) Bailey loves to hear Mrs. C sing. she thinks Mrs. C is amazing. B) It is correct. C) Bailey loves to hear Mrs. C sing, and she thinks Mrs. C is amazing. D) Bailey loves to hear Mrs. C sing she thinks Mrs. C is amazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bailey loves to hear Mrs. C sing, and she thinks Mrs. C is amazing. 4. When using notation symbols, a projected locution is marked with: A) Double quotes (" ). B) Square brackets [ ]. C) Single quotes ('). D) Double square brackets [[ ]]. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Double quotes (" ). 5. Which of the following sentences contains a "quote" ? A) He said he liked the place. B) He asked if they would stay longer. C) He said: "I will never give up.". D) She told us to go to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He said: "I will never give up.". 6. This analysis is correct:+$\beta$ (2i) When you have decided, $\alpha$ (2ii) please give me a call. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. In the following, which clause is the beta clause?I can't stand the noise, and even though I have a noise-canceling earphones, the music is still annoying. A) I can't stand the noise. B) And even though I have a noise-canceling earphones. C) The music is still annoying. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And even though I have a noise-canceling earphones. 8. What are the two main types of relationships that link clauses in a caluse complex? A) Parataxis and Quoting. B) Hypotaxis and Report. C) Taxis and logical-semantic relationships. D) Projection and Expansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxis and logical-semantic relationships. 9. Identify the main clause in this sentence.If it starts to rain, you can wear your new gumboots boots. A) If it starts to rain,. B) You can wear your new gumboots boots. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If it starts to rain,. 10. Which clause is a parataxis with the logico-semantic of locution? A) John told me to get off the roof. B) I spelled my name incorrectly and got yelled at. C) I wondered, "Perhaps it's not really a good idea.". D) "I wish you would come, " I whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I wish you would come, " I whispered. 11. Which clause is a parataxis with the logico-semantic of idea? A) "This had better be good, " he mused. B) So you think you're so smart, huh?. C) Mary thought that she'd lost her recipe. D) "I believe you, " I whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "This had better be good, " he mused. 12. What does Projection represent? A) A process that expands through another. B) A process that projects through another, either by quoting or reporting. C) A relationship between clauses of equal grammatical status. D) A process of adding circumstantial meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A process that projects through another, either by quoting or reporting. 13. Choose the correct analysis for She thought:'What a good idea!': A) Mental process + Quote-Parataxis. B) Verbal process + Report-Hypotaxis. C) Mental process + Report-Hypotaxis. D) Verbal process + Quote-Parataxis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental process + Quote-Parataxis. 14. What types of processes does projection typically involve? A) Relational and Existential. B) Verbal and Mental. C) Material and Behavioral. D) Behavioral and Relational. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal and Mental. 15. Does this sentence need a comma?She returned the computer after she noticed it was damaged. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 16. In the following, which clause is the alpha clause?Sighing helplessly, I stood by the pavement and wondered what had gone wrong. A) Sighing helplessly. B) I stood by the pavement. C) And wondered what had gone wrong. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I stood by the pavement. 17. How many clauses is the following sentence?Some species of whales are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30 metres in length, is the largest animal to have lived on earth. A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 18. "Quote" is generally combined with what type of taxis? A) Hypotaxis. B) Parataxis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parataxis. 19. Identify the main clause in this sentence.Sofia, who did not want the robbers to see her, hid behind the tree. A) Sofia hid behind the tree. B) Who did not want the robbers to see her. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sofia hid behind the tree. 20. Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence.As the nights are getting colder, we will have to put the plants in the greenhouse. A) As the nights are getting colder. B) We will have to put the plants in the greenhouse. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As the nights are getting colder. 21. Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence.Dominic halted, wondering whether he should climb all the way to the top. A) Dominic halted. B) Wondering whether he should climb all the way to the top. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wondering whether he should climb all the way to the top. 22. "Report" is generally combined with what type of taxis? A) Hypotaxis. B) Parataxis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypotaxis. 23. ..... is not your concern. A) How much money I make. B) How much money do I make. C) How much do I make money. D) How much money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How much money I make. 24. We didn't hear the sound. A) Complex sentence. B) NOT a complex sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NOT a complex sentence. 25. When using notation symbols, a projected idea is marked with: A) Double quotes (" ). B) Square brackets [ ]. C) Single quotes ('). D) Double square brackets [[ ]]. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single quotes ('). 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