Subordinate Clauses Exercise

Answers

1. In the sentence “This is the girl who talked to me yesterday,” what type of subordinate clause is “who talked to me yesterday”? — Adjective clause
2. In the sentence “I hope that I will get a promotion,” what type of subordinate clause is “that I will get a promotion”? — Noun clause
3. In the sentence “My younger brother is taller than I am,” what type of subordinate clause is “than I am”? — Adverb clause
4. In the sentence “He could not answer the question that I asked him,” what type of subordinate clause is “that I asked him”? — Adjective clause
5. In the sentence “All the blessings that we enjoy come from God,” what type of subordinate clause is “that we enjoy”? — Adjective clause
6. In the sentence “There is no meaning in what you say,” what type of subordinate clause is “what you say”? — Noun clause
7. In the sentence “Everybody told me that I would win,” what type of subordinate clause is “that I would win”? — Noun clause
8. In the sentence “A donkey is not as stupid as we think it to be,” what type of subordinate clause is “as we think it to be”? — Adverb clause
9. In the sentence “She wouldn’t mind even if they forgot to invite her,” what type of subordinate clause is “even if they forgot to invite her”? — Adverb clause
10. In the sentence “What you told me was a lie,” what type of subordinate clause is “What you told me”? — Noun clause
11. In the sentence “Although he failed the interview, he got the job,” what type of subordinate clause is “Although he failed the interview”? — Adverb clause
12. In the sentence “I don’t know how we will get out of this mess,” what type of subordinate clause is “how we will get out of this mess”? — Noun clause