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Phrases and Clauses

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

For three weeks at the beginning of the semester, students with fewer than the maximum number of unit can add additional courses.


The sentence above has..

a)

One clause

b)

Two clauses

c)

Three clauses

2.

We did not go out to dinner tonight even though I would have preferred not to cook.


The sentence above has..

a)

One clause

b)

Two clauses

c)

Three clauses

3.

The furniture will be delivered once you paid the bill.


The sentence above has..

a)

One clause

b)

Two clauses

c)

Three clauses

4.

Whenever you want to hold the meeting, we will schedule it.


The sentence above has..

a)

One clause

b)

Two clauses

c)

Three clauses

5.

Whereas most of the documents are complete, this form still needs to be notarized.


The sentence above has..

a)

One clause

b)

Two clauses

c)

Three clauses

6.

Those applicants returning their completed forms at the earliest date have the highest priority.


The sentence above has..

a)

One clause

b)

Two clauses

c)

Three clauses

7.

The papers being delivered at 4:00 will contain the announcement of the president's resignation.


The sentence above has..

a)

One clause

b)

Two clauses

c)

Three clauses

8.

The portraits exhibited in the Houston Museum last month are now on display on Dallas.


The sentence above has..

a)

One clause

b)

Two clauses

c)

Three clauses

9.

The Ciliwung River ________ from Bogor into Jakarta Bay

a)

it flowed

b)

flows

c)

flowing

d)

with flowing water

10.

A pride of lions ___________ up to forty lions, including one to three males, several females, and cubs.

a)

can contain

b)

it contain

c)

contain

d)

containing

11.

__________ Biloxi received its name from a Sioux word meaning "first people".

a)

The city of

b)

Located in

c)

It is in

d)

The tour included

12.

_________ tea plant are small and white.

a)

The

b)

On the

c)

Having flowers the

d)

The flowers of the

13.

Case studies are the target of much skepticism in the scientific community, ____________ used extensively by numerous researchers.

a)

they are

b)

are

c)

yet they

d)

yet they are

14.

If ultraviolet radiation enters the Earth's atmosphere, ____ generally blocked by the ozone concentrated in the atmosphere.

a)

it

b)

it will be

c)

it is

d)

so it is

15.

While in reality Alpha Centauri is a triple star, _______ to be a single star to the naked eye.

a)

it appears

b)

but it appears

c)

appears

d)

despite it

16.

_________ creation of such a community was a desirable step, the requisite political upheaval had to be accepted.

a)

The

b)

Since the

c)

Later, the

d)

It was the

17.

_____ several unsuccessful attempts, Robert Peary reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909.

a)

He made

b)

When

c)

His

d)

After

18.

The musical instrument _______ is six feet long.

a)

is called the bass

b)

it is called the bass

c)

called the bass

d)

calls the bass

19.

One problem with all language _______ they are full of irregularities.

a)

when

b)

so

c)

is that

d)

in case

20.

Hospital committees _____ spent weeks agonizing over which artificial kidney candidate would receive the treatments, now find that decision is out of their hands.

a)

once

b)

that once

c)

have

d)

once had