COM209 - Clauses Review

Whenever I go to the mall, I always buy a new bottle of perfume.

The underlined clause is:

• the independent clause

• The dependent clause

I like to listen to music while driving to university.

The underlined clause is:

• the independent clause

• the dependent clause

Choose the best word for the gap.

Shamma buys a coffee as soon as she _______ at the office.

• arrives

• arrive

• is arriving

• will arrive

Which subordinating conjunction completes the following sentence?

________ Khaled missed class, his attendance reached 15%.

• Although

• Because

• Despite

• However

Choose the best word for the gap.

Marwa has enjoyed scary movies ever since she _______ a child.

• has been

• is

• to be

• was

The relative clause in this sentence is a defining relative clause.

The family who live next door is moving to China.

• True

• False

Identify the independent and dependent clauses in the following sentence (choose 2).

When I get my salary next Friday, I'll buy a diamond ring.

• I'll buy a diamond ring is the dependent clause

• I'll buy a diamond ring is the independent clause

• When I get my salary next Friday is the dependent clause

• When I get my salary next Friday is the independent clause

By the time the firefighters arrived, the house was already destroyed.

The underlined clause is ______ .

• the dependent clause

• the independent clause

While waiting for the food to arrive, we were happy to sit and chat in the restaurant.

The underlined clause is _______ .

• the independent clause

• the dependent clause

Which subordinating conjunction completes the following sentence?

I didn't get back to work ______ 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

• while

• when

• until

• which