Adverb and Adjective Clauses with Appositives Pre-Quiz

What is an adverb clause?

• A word that modifies an adverb, adjectives, verbs, and verb phrases

• A clause that modifies adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, and verb phrases

• A phrase that tells you what a noun does

• Who?

Which one of the following is NOT a subordinating conjunction?

• who

• when

• whereas 

• because

An adverbial clause, like any clause, always has a ______ and a _______.

• subject and adverb

• subject and verb

• adverb and conjunction

• verb and adjective

You must use a ______ if the adverb clause is at the beginning of the sentence.

• period
• semicolon
• comma
• conjunction

Identify the clause in parenthesis, and clarify what word it modifies.

(When the bell rang), children ran out of the class happily.

• Adjective clause describing children

• Adjective clause describing ran

• Adverb clause describing children

• Adverb clause describing ran

Identify the group of words in parenthesis

The chick, (a young emperor penguin), ate only 14 sardines.

• appositive

• Adjective clause

• Adverb clause

• Prepositional phrase

Is the following clause independent or subordinate:

Sharon laughed.

• Independent

• Subordinate

What do adverb clauses begin with?

• Prepositional phrases

• Adverbs

• Subordinate clauses

• Subordinating conjunctions

Which of the following sentences uses an appositive?

• Joe's dog, who loves belly rubs, is a good boy.

• Joe's dog, a belly rub-lover, is a good boy.

• Joe's dog loves it when he rubs its belly.

• Joe's dog is happy with belly rubs.

"Subordinate" literally means...

• a servant

• ordered under

• dependent

• valued below