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Bacigalupo's Grammar - Complex Sentences

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the dependent or subordinate clause:

We were allowed to leave the room after the bell rang.

a)

after the bell rang

b)

We were allowed

c)

to leave the room

d)

allowed to leave

2.

Select the dependent or subordinate clause:

Because the cheetah is so fast, this animal provides much interest to us.

a)

interest to us

b)

this animal provides much interest

c)

because the cheetah is so fast

d)

the cheetah is so fast

3.

Select the dependent or subordinate clause:

Since the motorist was lost, he decided that he would ask for directions.

a)

he decided that he would

b)

since the motorist was lost

c)

ask for directions

d)

the motorist was lost

4.

Select the dependent or subordinate clause:

When you think about your future, have confidence in your abilities.

a)

have confidence in your abilities

b)

have confidence

c)

when you think

d)

when you think about your future

5.

Select the dependent or subordinate clause:

As soon as the plane landed, Dad phoned us.

a)

as soon as

b)

as soon as the plane landed

c)

dad phoned us

d)

as soon as the plane landed, dad phoned us

6.

Select the dependent or subordinate clause:

In order to obtain concert tickets, we have to call the number that is on the screen.

a)

in order to obtain concert tickets

b)

to obtain concert tickets

c)

we have to call

d)

we have to call the number that is on the screen

7.

True/False:

A complex sentence has one or more independent clauses.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True/False:

The subordinate clause needs the main clause to complete the thought.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which is a proper complex sentence?

a)

When I found the missing book, I brought it to the library.

b)

Since we listened to the funny radio program last night, we have retold some of the jokes.

c)

The scouts journeyed up the mountain that we saw in the travel magazine.

d)

All of the above

10.

True/False:

A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

a)

True

b)

False