Subordinate Clauses Quiz 30 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 30
1. Is \#18 an Independent or Subordinate (Dependent) clause?.
A) Independent.
B) Subordinate/Dependent.
2. Identify the following word group:After they went.
A) Both subordinate clause and fragment.
B) Independent clause.
C) Fragment.
D) None of above.
3. What is the problem with the following sentence fragment? In the past.
A) Missing subject and verb .
B) Missing subject.
C) Missing verb.
D) None of above.
4. What is the problem with the following sentence fragment? Sat down hesitantly, looking around with nervousness.
A) Missing verb.
B) Missing subject.
5. After the food is served, the guests give speeches.
A) Independent Clause.
B) Adverbial Clause.
6. I sometimes get worried in this job _____ , I enjoy doing it, it's a challenge.
A) Having said that.
B) Provided that.
C) Even though.
D) Given that.
7. Christine washes the dishes while singing. The subordinate expresses?.
A) Simultaneity.
B) Anteriority.
C) The posteriority.
D) None of above.
8. Identify the independent clause:Please take out the garbage before you leave.
A) Please take out the garbage.
B) Before you leave.
9. Kelly trusts her friends _____ that they may not be for her when she needs them.
A) In spite of the fact.
B) Assuming.
C) Regardless.
D) None of above.
10. What is the appositive(s) phrase? Yesterday, Simon and I ate at Tasty's, a small deli near our house.
A) A small deli near our house.
B) A small deli.
C) Tasty's.
D) Simon and I ate at Tasty's.
11. A _____ or _____ clause can stand alone as a complete sentence.
A) Main; independent.
B) Subordinate; dependent.
12. Is the red clause independent or subordinate? I first met her in Paris where I lived as a child.
A) Subordinate.
B) Independent.
13. What type of subordinate clause is this:"Please forward my mail to wherever my family moves".
A) Noun.
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
14. Noun clauses can function as:.
A) Direct object.
B) Objects of prepositions.
C) Indirect object.
D) Subject, object, complement.
15. Which one is a subordinate clause?.
A) Paul drinks beer.
B) Paul comes.
16. Find the main clause and comma in the correct place:I can't help you because I don't know the answer.
A) I can't help you, because I don't know the answer.
B) I can't help you, because I don't know the answer.
C) I can't help you because I don't know the answer.
17. A subordinate clause is:.
A) An independent clause.
B) A dependent clause.
18. A subordinate clause is a group of words that is dependent on the main clause because it doesn't make sense on its own.
A) True.
B) False.
19. Identify the subordinate clause. I know a girl who sings in the chorus.
A) Who sings in the chorus.
B) I know a girl.
C) In the chorus.
D) I know a girl who sings.
20. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?.
A) We're going to get pizza, after we finish practicing.
B) After we finish practicing, we're going to get pizza.
21. True or False. A simple sentence includes a dependent clause.
A) False.
B) True.
22. I'm too busy to take a holiday _____ , I don't have the money.
A) Moreover.
B) Morever.
C) Furternever.
D) On the other hand.
23. What does power 4:57 mean?.
A) Time to pay close attention for 4 minutes and 57 seconds, because everything during this time will be on the exit ticket.
B) Time for Popeye to eat his spinach.
C) Time to distract yourself and others.
D) Time to get your much needed beauty sleep.
24. What type of subordinate clause is this:"Does anyone know who wrote the Prose Edda?".
A) Noun.
B) Adjective.
C) Adverb.
D) None of above.
25. Complete with a subordinate clause:I waited for him _____ .
A) Until he arrived.
B) At home.
C) To do the homework.
D) At the shopping mall.