Subordinate Clauses Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 31
1. The Penguins have a game tonight against the Ducks.
A) Independent Clause.
B) Subordinate Clause.
2. Although Mario grew up in Russia, he does not speak Russian. This sentence is a clause of concession:.
A) TRUE.
B) FALSE.
3. Click on the COMPOUND SENTENCE. A compound sentence has 2 or more main clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction that combines the clauses.
A) We put our umbrellas in the porch, and they dried quickly.
B) Put the umbrella near the door.
C) We had to use umbrellas.
D) We put our umbrellas in the porch.
4. She had done her best to comfort him, _____ she was able.
A) Provided that.
B) Insofar as.
C) In case.
D) Although.
5. _____ Peter was not invited to the party, he was the first to come.
A) Although.
B) In spite of.
C) Nevertheless.
D) However.
6. Only sighted players could participate until an engineer named Charley Fairbanks invented beep baseball.
A) Independent clause.
B) Subordinate clause.
7. What is the following group of words? the crater is wider than the united states.
A) Independent clause.
B) Phrase.
C) Subordinate clause.
D) None of above.
8. The tigers look ferocious.
A) Independent.
B) Subordinate.
C) Not a clause.
D) None of above.
9. Is the following a sentence fragment (a.k.a. dependent/subordinate clause) or a complete sentence (a.k.a. independent clause)? I think this is the most important scene in the book.
A) Complete Sentence a.k.a Independent clause.
B) Sentence Fragment a.k.a. Subordinate clause.
10. Which of the following sentences contains a noun clause:.
A) Jerome understands that the cat's wounds will not heal properly.
B) Jerome understands the cat is injured, but he will not heal properly.
11. Read the sentence below and identify the subordinate clause. I will not attend the sports banquet because my brother graduates from high school the same day, .
A) I will not attend the banquet.
B) From high school the same day.
C) Because my brother graduates.
D) Because my brother graduates from high school the same day.
12. This is the poem that I memorized last year.
A) Subordinate clause.
B) Main clause.
13. A subordinate clause does not contain a complete idea.
A) True.
B) False.
14. Are you going to watch it.
A) Subordinate Clause.
B) Independent Clause.
15. Choose the dependent (subordinate) clause:While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television, Samson, the family dog, gnawed on the leg of the coffee table.
A) Samson, the family dog, gnawed on the leg of the coffee table.
B) While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television.
16. Identify the subordinate clause and classify the it as an adjective clause or adverb clause. First I built four wooden platforms, which were each a different height.
A) Which were each a different height.:adjective clause.
B) First I built four wooden platforms, :adjective clause.
C) First I built four wooden platforms, :adverb clause.
D) Which were each a different height.:adverb clause.
17. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?.
A) I think we'll read a novel together, when we're done with ILearn.
B) I think we'll read a novel together when we're done with ILearn.
18. Define the type of the subordinate clause in the following sentence:Your candidate is less truthful than he will admit.
A) The adverbial clause .
B) The object clause.
C) The attributive clause.
D) None of above.
19. Mahalia Jackson was an African American singer who became popular worldwide as a performer of gospel music.
A) Subordinate Clause.
B) Main Clause.
20. What kind of dependent clause is in red? After the chores are done, we will eat ice cream.
A) Noun (Nominal).
B) Adjective (Adjectival).
C) It is not a dependent clause.
D) Adverb (Adverbial).
21. Before he performed, I already arrived home.
A) Independent Clause.
B) Adverbial Clause.
22. Find the dependent clause:If the manager is unable to help, try the assistant manager.
A) If the manager is unable to help.
B) Try the assistant manager.
23. What type of subordinate clause is in the following sentences?But the thing that worries mary of us most is what we are going to do about the changes that all these new inventions bring along and how they will affect our lives.
A) Subordinate definition clause .
B) Subordinate subject clause.
C) Subordinate addition clause.
D) None of above.
24. If the play starts on time.
A) Subordinate.
B) Independent.
C) Not a clause.
D) None of above.
25. Which type of word can link two clauses together?.
A) Conjunction .
B) Verb.
C) Noun.
D) None of above.