Subordinate Clauses

Choose the subordinate clause:

Until I drink my coffee, I cannot function very well.

• Until I drink my coffee

• I cannot function very well

Choose the subordinate clause:
Since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, everyone has been celebrating.  

• Since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series
• everyone has been celebrating

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Choose the subordinate clause:
You have many opportunities when you enroll at Loyola.

• you have many opportunities
• when you enroll at Loyola 

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

Choose the subordinate clause:
I will not attend the sports banquet because my brother graduates from high school the same day.

• I will not attend the banquet
• because my brother graduates from high school the same day

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

Choose the subordinate clause:
I will not be a member of that club if they treat people in such a rude way.  

• I will not be a member of that club 
• if they treat people in such a rude way

Choose the subordinate clause:
Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework, she will have to suffer Mr. Nguyen's wrath in class tomorrow.

• Unless Christine finishes her calculus homework
• she will have to suffer Mr. Nguyen's wrath in class tomorrow

Choose the subordinate clause:
While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television, Samson, the family dog, gnawed on the leg of the coffee table.

• While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television
• Samson, the family dog, gnawed on the leg of the coffee table

Choose the subordinate clause:
Jonathon spent his class time reading comic books since his average was a 45 one week before final exams.

• Jonathon spent his class time reading comic books
• since his average was a 45 one week before final exams.

Choose the subordinate clause:
Diane decided to plant tomatoes in the back of the yard where the sun blazed the longest during the day.

• Diane decided to plant tomatoes in the back of the yard
• where the sun blazed the longest during the day