Subordinate Clauses Worksheet

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Exercise A: Rewrite and complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Place time
expressions at the end of the sentences.

Example: She is in great form (every week / because / goes / she / to the gym)
Answer: She is in great form because she goes to the gym every week.

1. I enjoy playing video games (homework / I / despite / a lot / have / of)

2. I think (likes / Susan / that / you)

3. I can't talk to you (time / do not have / I / now / because)

4. We are glad (at home / did not leave / that / we / our umbrella)

5. I will miss him (when / to Chicago / moves / he)

6. They don't know (have left / the key / where / they)

7. Ring me (have / you / a problem / if)

8. I'd like to know (her holiday / why / does not spend / she / in France)

9. They told him (that / wanted / to play / they / tennis)

10. He was reading the paper (she / in the garden / was working / while)
Exercise B: State whether the subordinate clause is an adjective clause, adverb clause or noun
clause in each of the following sentences.

1. I did it because I wanted to.

7. Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was
a) Adverb clause as white as snow.
b) Adjective clause
c) Noun clause a) Adjective clause
b) Adverb clause
2. As he was not there, I spoke to his c) Noun clause
mother.
8. I still live in the same city where I was
a) Noun clause born.
b) Adjective clause
c) Adverb clause a) Noun clause
b) Adverb clause
3. Just as he entered the room, the clock c) Adjective clause
struck eleven.
9) He met a girl whose eyes were blue.
a) Adjective clause
b) Adverb clause a) Noun clause
c) Noun clause b) Adverb clause
c) Adjective clause
4. If you eat too much, you will fall ill.
10. I often wonder how you are getting on.
a) Noun clause
b) Adjective clause a) Adverb clause
c) Adverb clause b) Adjective clause
c) Noun clause
5. We asked him many questions when he
returned. 11. He asked me where I lived.

a) Adverb clause a) Noun clause

b) Adjective clause b) Adjective clause
c) Noun clause c) Adverb clause

6. My parents were poor though they were 12. The fact that he is silent proves his guilt.
of noble birth.
a) Adjective clause
a) Adjective clause b) Noun clause
b) Noun clause c) Adverb clause
c) Adverb clause