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Subordinate Clauses

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A subordinate clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Subordinate clauses do not have a subject and a verb

a)

true

b)

false

3.

A subordinate adjective clause modifies a noun or a pronoun

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Subordinate adjective clauses can begin with relative pronouns.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Subordinate adjective clauses can be placed at the beginning of a sentence.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

Subordinate adverb clauses begin with correlative conjunctions.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Which word group is the subordinate ADVERB clause:

I was late to work because I overslept.

a)

I was late to work

b)

because I overslept

c)

late to work

d)

to work because I overslept

8.

Which of the following words is a relative pronoun?

a)

which

b)

when

c)

where

d)

what

9.

Which of the following words is a relative pronoun?

a)

why

b)

that

c)

this

d)

how

10.

Which of the following words is a relative pronoun?

a)

he's

b)

who's

c)

then

d)

whose

11.

Which word is a subordinating conjunction?

a)

additionally

b)

instead

c)

when

d)

during

12.

Which of the following words is a subordinating conjunction?

a)

those

b)

and

c)

because

d)

furthermore

13.

What is the SUBORDINATE clause in the sentence below?


When will we meet the girl who won the writing contest?

a)

When will we meet

b)

the girl who won

c)

who won the writing contest

d)

the girl who won the writing contest

14.

What is the SUBORDINATE clause in the sentence below?


The birds that are at the bird feeder are cardinals.

a)

The birds that are at the bird feeder

b)

that are at the bird feeder

c)

that are at the bird feeder are cardinals

d)

The birds are cardinals

15.

What is the subordinate ADJECTIVE clause in the sentence below?

I don't remember the person who gave me the ticket.

a)

I don't remember

b)

I don't remember the person

c)

the person who gave

d)

who gave me the ticket

16.

What is the subordinate ADVERB clause in the sentence below?


I think my drawing is better than yours is.

a)

I think

b)

I think my drawing

c)

my drawing is better

d)

than yours is

17.

What is the subordinate ADVERB clause in the sentence below?


When you are walking at night, you should wear reflective clothing.

a)

When you are walking

b)

When you are walking at night

c)

you should wear

d)

you should wear reflective clothing

18.

What is the subordinate ADJECTIVE clause in the sentence below?


That movie that stars Mel Gibson is my absolute favorite!

a)

That movie that stars

b)

that stars Mel Gibson

c)

Mel Gibson is my absolute favorite

d)

is my absolute favorite

19.

What is the subordinate NOUN clause in the sentence below?

I didn't know that the flight was canceled.

a)

I didn't know

b)

that the flight

c)

that the flight was canceled

d)

flight was canceled

20.

What is the NOUN subordinate clause in the sentence below?

I will give whoever shows up to the open house on Sunday an excellent tour of the school.

a)

I will give whoever shows up

b)

whoever shows up to the open house on Sunday

c)

whoever shows up

d)

an excellent tour of the school

21.

What does the underlined clause modify?

The girls who won the championship are from Shrine.

a)

girls

b)

championship

c)

Shrine

22.

What does the underlined clause modify?

I didn't know the answer to the extra-credit question that was on the back of the quiz.

a)

answer

b)

extra-credit

c)

question

d)

quiz

23.

What does the underlined clause modify?

My sister saw the dog that was on the "Lost Dog" poster yesterday.

a)

sister

b)

dog

c)

poster

d)

yesterday

24.

What does the underlined clause modify?

After you finish your homework, please set the table.

a)

finish

b)

homework

c)

please

d)

set

25.

What does the underlined clause modify?

I forgot the name of the play where three Christmas ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge.

a)

forgot

b)

name

c)

play

d)

ghosts

26.

What does the underlined clause modify?

I left my bookbag where I always do - on the floor in the middle of the kitchen.

a)

left

b)

bookbag

c)

do

d)

floor

27.

Because I was feeling tired, I decided to finish my report this weekend.

a)

decided

b)

tired

c)

report

d)

weekend

28.

What is the noun clause in the sentence below?

I hope whoever stole my gift card is very happy with it.

a)

I hope

b)

whoever stole my gift card

c)

is very happy

d)

is very happy with it

29.

What is the noun clause in the sentence below?

When you are a parent, you can create whatever rules you want.

a)

When you are a parent

b)

you can create

c)

whatever rules you want

30.

What noun function is being performed in the underline clause?

Mrs. Florance gave whoever went to the Varsity II game a dress-down pass.

a)

subject

b)

direct object

c)

indirect object

d)

object of a preposition

31.

What noun function is being performed by the underlined clause?

Please donate what you think is fair to our favorite charity, the International Rescue Committee.

a)

subject

b)

indirect object

c)

direct object

d)

object of a preposition

32.

What noun function is being performed by the underlined clause?

I will give five extra-credit points to whoever gets all these questions correct.

a)

subject

b)

direct object

c)

predicate nominative

d)

object of a preposition