Starter quiz

  • Tick all the subordinate clauses.
    • which was very cold  ✓
    • I was very cold
    • before I had woken up  ✓
    • they woke up slowly
  • Tick all the verbs in a progressive tense.
    • waited
    • playing  ✓
    • hoping  ✓
    • watched
    • throwing  ✓
  • Which of the following are non-finite clauses?
    • looking up,  ✓
    • as we looked up,
    • while I waited patiently,
    • waiting patiently,  ✓
  • Which of these sentences include a non-finite clause?
    • Answering the question perfectly, Sofia smiled.  ✓
    • Sofia smiled as she answered the question perfectly.
    • Sam raced home, trying to beat his brother to the door.  ✓
    • When Sam got home, his brother was already there.
  • Match each type of subordinate clause to the type of word it can begin with.
    • adverbial clause
      ⇔
      subordinating conjunction ✓
    • relative clause
      ⇔
      relative pronoun ✓
    • non-finite clause
      ⇔
      progressive tense verb with -ing suffix ✓
  • Match the type of subordinate clause to the example.
    • adverbial clause
      ⇔
      before we went to school ✓
    • non-finite clause
      ⇔
      heading out of the door ✓
    • relative clause
      ⇔
      who was just leaving ✓
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