Subordinate Clauses Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🧠 Subordinate Clauses – Quiz 42
1. As the fall progresses, there are fewer hours every day when the sun shines.
A) Incorrect.
B) Correct.
2. Which word is a subordinating conjunction?.
A) Whenever.
B) Additionally.
C) Instead.
D) During.
3. All of the following are MAIN CLAUSES ( a clause that can stand alone as a sentence) EXCEPT:.
A) My cousin celebrated a birthday.
B) The librarian works in the library.
C) Since they were little.
D) We went on a field trip.
4. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex. The sun is very hot inside, but its surface is hotter.
A) Compound .
B) Simple.
C) Complex.
D) None of above.
5. 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.
6. 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) I made a shopping list.:adjective clause.
B) I made a shopping list.:adverb clause.
C) After I read about a variety of houseplants, :adjective clause.
D) After I read about a variety of houseplants, :adverb clause.
7. 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) Independent clause.
B) Subordinate clause.
8. The children argued about WHAT THE BEST METHOD WAS TO CATCH FISH.
A) Noun.
B) Adverb.
C) Adjective.
D) None of above.
9. What is the problem with the following sentence fragment? Ran like the wind.
A) Missing subject.
B) Missing verb.
10. 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) The sky is blue.
B) After the rain stopped,.
C) They went to the park.
D) Before it gets dark,.
11. Identify the subordinate clause. I drink coffee at home, and I fix a cup for the road.
A) There is no subordinate clause. .
B) I drink coffee at home.
C) I fix a cup for the road.
D) None of above.
12. 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.
13. Which of the following words is a subordinating conjunction?.
A) Because.
B) Those.
C) And.
D) Furthermore.
14. 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) The birds are cardinals.
D) That are at the bird feeder are cardinals.
15. Classify the subordinate clause in the following sentence:While he was watching, they were preparing arms.
A) Temporal clause.
B) Causal clause.
C) Relative clause.
D) Concessive clause.
16. 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.
17. _____ I can't come back by seven, you can eat without me.
A) In the event that .
B) As regards.
C) In view of the fact that.
D) None of above.
18. My aunt stays at our house when she comes to the city for business meetings.
A) Subordinate clause.
B) Main clause.
19. The trees that my great grandfather planted still shade the farmhouse.
A) Subordinate clause.
B) Main clause.
20. Which is the subordinate clause?.
A) Since the sun is shining.
B) The sun is shining.
C) Swimming.
D) We will go to the beach.
21. 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.".
22. Subordinate clauses start with _____ .
A) Subordinating conjunction.
B) Verb.
C) None of above.
23. How can we identify a main clause?Select the appropriate answers:(a) (b) (c).
A) A Contains a subject.
B) Starts with the word 'and'.
C) Ends with an exclamation mark.
24. BONUS:has a subject and a verb, expresses a complete thought, and can stand alone by itself as a complete sentence.
A) Independent clause.
B) Clause.
C) Subordinate clause (dependent clause).
D) None of above.
25. Select all the answers that include a subordinate clause.
A) I need new clothes.
B) My dog is a terrier.
C) I have two sisters but only one lives at home with me.
D) I like chocolate although I don't like dark chocolate.