Relative Clause Quiz

What is a relative clause?

• A type of independent clause

• A type of noun phrase

• A type of dependent clause

• A type of adverbial clause

Which of the following is a relative pronoun?

• He

• Who

• She

• They

In the sentence 'Harry Potter is also known as the boy who lived', what is the relative clause?

• Harry Potter

• who lived

• the boy who lived

• is also known as

In the sentence 'We need to find a store that sells the new Willamette cold brew coffee ice cream', what is the relative clause?

• A store that sells

• We need to find a store

• The new Willamette cold brew coffee ice cream

• That sells the new Willamette cold brew coffee ice cream

What is the function of the relative clause in the sentence 'The woman who always wore a red hat came into the cafe every Sunday'?

• It is the adverbial phrase of the sentence

• It is providing a description of the woman

• It is the object of the sentence

• It is the subject of the sentence

What is the main action in the sentence 'The woman who always wore a red hat came into the cafe every Sunday'?

• Wearing a red hat

• Coming into the cafe

• Every Sunday

• Being a woman

What is the role of the relative clause in a sentence?

• To provide the main action

• To act as the subject

• To provide additional information

• To conclude the sentence

What should a writer, reader, and editor do when encountering sentences with relative clauses?

• Ignore the relative clauses

• Puzzle out and separate the sentence into its components

• Rewrite the sentences without relative clauses

• Skip the sentences

What is the key skill required to work with sentences containing relative clauses?

• Identifying subordinate conjunctions

• Seeing semantic choices

• Summarizing

• Distinguishing between subjects, predicates, main clauses, and dependent clauses

Can a relative clause stand on its own as a grammatically complete idea?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes