Dependent Clause Practice

Read the following: The players who are wearing the red uniforms are winning the game. Which answer choice correctly identifies the correct clause with the proper explanation?

• nonrestrictive clause: If we take out the clause, the original intent of the sentence doesn't change. The information is non essential.

• restrictive clause: If we take out the clause, we won't know which players are winning the game. The information is essential.

Which of the following is correctly punctuated?

• While, my mother, is cooking dinner I usually do my homework.

• While my mother is cooking dinner I usually do my homework.

• Usually, I do my homework while my mother is cooking dinner.

• I usually do my homework while my mother is cooking dinner.

Match one of the answer choices to the following clause: "although the weather wasn't very good"

• Although the weather wasn't very good, we decided to have a picnic.

• We decided to have a picnic, although the weather wasn't very good.

• Although, the weather wasn't very good we decided to have a picnic.

Which answer choice is correctly punctuated?

• Since, it had started to rain, we decided not to play tennis.

• We decided not to play tennis, since it had started to rain.

• Since it had started to rain, we decided not to play tennis.

• We decided not to play tennis since, it had started to rain.

Pick all the following that are correctly punctuated.

• John did his homework before he went to bed.

• Before he went to bed, John did his homework.

• John did his homework, before he went to bed.

• Before he went to bed John did his homework.

Because he lost eleven pounds.

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

• Fragment

Since three days had passed.

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

• Fragment

Although he flew to Los Angeles with us.

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

• Fragment

Which of these is a dependent clause?

• the frog swims

• the frog pokes his head up

• the frog catches flies

• if the frog were greener

Identify the underlined clause in as either an independent or dependent clause.

• Independent clause

• Dependent Clause