Subordinating

___________ I was about to lock the door, a gust of wind blew it open.

• Whenever

• While

• As

• If

The children cannot eat dessert________ they finish their dinner.

• Whenever

• While

• Unless

• After

it rains tomorrow , the mayor will postpone the city's parade.

• If

• While

• After

• Before

When a sentence _______________________ with a subordinating conjunction, a comma is needed after the clause.

• starts

• ends

Use a comma if the subordinating conjunction is in the middle of sentence.

• true

• false

A comma is used when the subordinating conjunction is at the _____________ of sentence.

• middle

• beginning

Which sentence is punctuated correctly:

• Even though he is smarter than me, he always treated me with respect.

• Even though, he is smarter than me, he always treated me with respect.

• Even though he is smarter than me he always treated me with respect.

• Even though he is smarter than me, he, always, treated me with respect.

(Unless, Although) my cats are lazy, they are affectionate.

• Unless

• Although

(Since, After) Abby's brother is away at college, her house is very quiet. 

• Since

• After

A dependent clause:

• has a subject and a verb but no complete thought

• has a subject and a verb and a complete thought

• can be a sentence on its own

• makes a sentence compound