Clauses Quiz
Preview:
… the puzzle was difficult, we managed to solve it.
A. Besides
B. Because
C. Although
What is the complement of “the warm breeze blew?”
The warm breeze blew my hair.
A. blew
B. the warm breeze
C. my hair
D. blew my hair
Is the conjunction a FANBOYS or subordinating conjunction: I am so excited, BUT my sister is not.
A. FANBOYS
B. subordinating conjunction
What is the simple subject of this sentence?
The geese flew south.
A. the geese
B. south
C. flew south
D. geese
You should say thank you … you receive a gift. It’s only polite to do so.
A. before
B. when
C. in case of
Which group of words is an independent clause? This means the clause CAN stand alone as a sentence.
A. Although I was careful
B. When I get up
C. I played video games
D. Because they work together
Peter has been selected as the ______ of the month. He is very efficient
A. working
B. worker
C. worked
D. works
It was … a hot summer day that we could fry an egg on the pavement outside.
A. such
B. so
C. that
Kelly bought a new dance DVD … work out at home.
A. during
B. so as to
C. following
Suffixes go before nouns and verbs
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
A horse is an animal ______ runs very fast
A. which
B. who
C. whom
D. whose
I didn’t see the person ______ house was robbed last night
A. that
B. which
C. whom
D. whose
Jet lag affects most long-distance travelers
A. Independent Clause
B. Dependent Clause
What is the simple verb of this sentence?
Five shiny boats raced up the river.
A. raced
B. up the river
C. raced up the river
D. five shiny boats
The cat walked on the wet cement … it could get to the bird.
A. so that
B. so as not to
C. so as to
We can use THAT in non-defining relative clauses
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
You need to practice singing in front of your friends … you sing in public to avoid stage fright.
A. before
B. besides
C. despite
We have to use commas in defining relative clauses.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
It is something that represents a place
A. Icon
B. clauses
C. relative
D. culture
Which is the INDEPENDENT clause in this sentence?
Because you’ve never been there, you’ll probably get lost.
A. because you’ve never been there
B. you’ll probably get lost
… we went to the Halloween party, we put on costumes.
A. after
B. before
C. when
What’s the subordinating conjunction: We can’t be together if you drive that car.
A. If
B. we
C. be
D. together
There is … violence in this video game that you shouldn’t buy it.
A. so many
B. so much
C. so few
What is the complete subject of this sentence?
The little kittens played with yarn.
A. played with
B. kittens played
C. the little kittens
D. played with yarn
Because I like French fries
A. Independent clause
B. Dependent clause