Deck 12: Coordination and Subordination

Question 1

Which of the following statements is not true about clauses?

A) All clauses express a complete thought and can stand alone as sentences.
B) There are two types of clauses: main and subordinate.
C) All clauses contain both a subject and a verb.
D) A subordinate clause needs to be attached to a main clause.

Answer 1

All clauses express a complete thought and can stand alone as sentences.

Question 2

A sentence that contains one main clause but no subordinate clauses is called a ___________
Sentence.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
D) compound-complex

Answer 2

simple

Question 3

A sentence that contains two or more main clauses plus one or more subordinate clauses is called a
___________ sentence.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
D) compound-complex

Answer 3

compound-complex

Question 4

A sentence that contains two or more main clauses but no subordinate clauses is called a ___________
Sentence.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
D) compound-complex

Question 5

Identify which option lists all of the noun clauses in the following sentences:
Why are you so late, young lady? I want to know where you've been and what you've been doing.

A) where you've been
B) what you've been doing
C) Why are you so late
D) where you've been; what you've been doing

Question 6

Identify which option lists all of the adjective clauses in the following sentence:
My grandmother, who was adamant about attending church on Sundays, always said, "The family that prays together stays together."

A) who was adamant; The family that
B) that prays together; stays together
C) who was adamant about attending church on Sundays
D) who was adamant about attending church on Sundays; that prays together

Question 7

Identify which option lists all of the adverb clauses in the following sentence:
When you see the fork in the road, don't go left because that road will dead end in a couple of miles.

A) in the road; in a couple; of miles
B) When you see; don't go left; that road will end
C) When you see the fork in the road; because that road will end in a couple of miles
D) When you see; because that road

Question 8

Choose which option identifies the sentence type of the following sentence: Robbie and Roberta run a tanning salon and a boutique.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
D) compound-complex

Question 9

Choose which option identifies the sentence type of the following sentence:
The project has gone over the budget that was originally set, so we need to raise more funds and design a new budget.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
D) compound-complex

Question 10

Choose which option identifies the sentence type of the following sentence:
Although the computer is old, it is still useful because it has enough RAM to run current programming.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
D) compound-complex

Question 11

Choose which option identifies the sentence type of the following sentence:
Daniel has been told by his vet not to overfeed his cats, yet he continues to give them treats all day long.

A) simple
B) compound
C) complex
D) compound-complex

Question 12

Compound-complex sentences must have two or more clauses with one or more subordinate clauses.

Question 13

Adjective clauses can begin with several cue words including whose, whom, where and why.

Question 14

When beginning a sentence with an adverb clause separate the beginning with a comma.

Question 15

A clause is a word group that contains both a subject and a verb.

Question 16

In a sentence, a subordinate clause can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.

Question 17

A noun clause can be anything in a sentence that a single noun can be-a subject, an object, or a complement.

Question 18

Adjective clauses are also called relative clauses because they begin with relative pronouns.

Question 19

Adverb clauses must always be located at the end of a sentence; they cannot be moved in a sentence.