Clauses Quiz Review

Santa went to Chile after Christmas, but Ms. Claus stayed home [because she had made plans with her book club.]

• independent clause
• adjective dependent clause
• adverb dependent clause
• noun clause
• phrase

[When Holly Day entered the North Pole], she only knew Rudolph and Buddy D'Elf.

• independent clause
• adjective dependent clause
• adverb dependent clause
• noun clause
• phrase

Elves, [who eat a diet of cookies, candy, and hot chocolate,] must take a vitamin supplement every day.

• independent clause
• adjective dependent clause
• adverb dependent clause
• noun clause
• phrase

Rudolph knew [that the roads would be very slippery on Christmas Eve.]

• independent clause
• adjective dependent clause
• adverb dependent clause
• noun clause
• phrase

[After their finals, Holly and Ivy sang Christmas Carols to all of the residents at the Snow Globe Village for retired elves.]

• simple sentence
• compound sentence
• complex sentence
• compound complex sentence

As they flew across the night sky, [thousands of stars glittered above Santa and the reindeer.]

• independent clause
• adjective dependent clause
• adverb dependent clause
• noun clause
• phrase

Santa gathered the reindeer to talk about [whatever would happen during the storm on Christmas Eve.]

• independent clause
• adjective dependent clause
• adverb dependent clause
• noun clause
• phrase

There are three types of dependent clauses.

• true
• false

A clause must have a subject and a verb.

• True
• False

A noun clause may act as a subject, a predicate nominative, a direct object, an indirect object, or a prepositional phrase.

• True
• False