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Clauses: Main & Subordinate

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of words with a subject/verb relationship

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

c)

Predicate

2.
What is the blue group of words?
Employees may leave work for personal reasons after they receive permission from the manager.
a)
Phrase
b)
Dependent Clause
c)
Independent Clause
3.
What is the green group of words?
Employees may leave work for personal reasons after they receive permission from the manager.
a)
Phrase
b)
Dependent Clause
c)
Independent Clause
4.
Although I am exhausted from work.
a)
Phrase
b)
Dependent Clause
c)
Independent Clause
5.
When I spoke to my employer about a raise.
a)
Phrase
b)
Dependent Clause
c)
Independent Clause
6.
All of the words below would make the following clause dependent EXCEPT:
__________ rain continues to fall.
a)
Since
b)
Although
c)
Heavy
d)
If
7.
What is the red group of words?
Because of bad weather, the shopping mall closed early. 
a)
Dependent clause
b)
Independent Clause
c)
Noun phrase
d)
Sentence
8.

What type of clause is in RED?

When the day ends, we can all go home and make cookies.

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

9.

What type of clause is in RED?

We went to the game, and our team won!

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

10.

What is a clause?

a)

A clause is a group of words, similar to a phrase

b)

A clause is a word which connects two sentences

c)

A clause is a group of the words that have a subject and a verb

d)

A clause is a group of words that is like a conjuction

11.

A blacksmith works really hard, but is paid very less. Is the underlined clause the main clause or the subordinate clause?

a)

Subordinate

b)

Main

12.

Another name for main clause is ________

a)

dependent clause

b)

independent clause

c)

adverbial clause

d)

noun clause