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Dependent Clauses

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the type and function of the underlined clause?

Orlene dissipated Monday evening over the mountainous terrain of western Mexico, where it had made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane earlier in the day.

a)

RADJC

b)

ADVC/PLACE

c)

NRADJC

d)

ADVC/TIME

2.

What is the type and function of the underlined clause?

Orlene's circulation dissipated as it moved inland across western Mexico.

a)

ADVC/TIME

b)

NC/DO

c)

ADVC/PURPOSE

d)

ADVC/REASON

3.

What is the type and function of the underlined clause?

Electrical cables swayed and sent off showers of sparks in the town of El Rosario, about 40 miles south of Mazatlan, close to where the hurricane hit.

a)

RADJC

b)

ADVC/TIME

c)

NC/OBJ OF "TO"

d)

NRADJC

4.

What is the type and function of the underlined clause?

The government of Jalisco state, where Puerto Vallarta is located, suspended classes Monday in towns and cities along the coast.

a)

RADJC

b)

NRADJC

c)

NC/IO

d)

ADVC/TIME

5.

What is the type and function of the underlined clause?

The hurricane center said hurricane-force winds extended out about 15 miles from the center.

a)

ADVC/CONDITION

b)

NC/DO

c)

NRADJC

d)

NC/SUBJECT

6.

The underlined text is a noun clause acting as DO.

With the death toll mounting, meteorologists, emergency managers and others are asking how they could have done a better job.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The underlined text is an adverb clause of TIME.

Orlene dissipates over western Mexico after making landfall as Category 1 hurricane.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The underlined text is an adverb clause of REASON.

It's been nearly two weeks since Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The underlined clause is a noun clause acting as IO.

"We're still taking water in," Eddie Bennett, a Seminole County resident told Wadell.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The underlined text is an adverb clause of TIME.

Waves from Lake Harney crashed into Bennett's house when Ian sliced through the state.

a)

True

b)

False