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Subordinate Content Clauses

Diagnostic Quiz

(Also called: noun clauses, embedded clauses, reported speech clauses)

Identify specific English grammar points that need review. Use the study links to find out why a particular answer is correct or incorrect.

Quiz 1

Beginning – Intermediate

Change the quoted speech to reported (indirect) speech.

Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence.
Compare your response to the feedback by clicking the "Check 1-12" button at the bottom.

John asked "What is your favorite invention of the last ten years?"
John asked

Feedback 1

Wh-Question Clause Agreement

Alexi said, " It is the smart phone."
Alexi it was the smart phone.

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Said Synonyms

John disagreed and said, "I think WiFi is the most important invention."
John WiFi was the most important invention.

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Said Synonyms

Anne added, "I think it is texting."
Anne added it was texting.

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Said Synonyms

John asked, "Do you remember a time without the Internet?"
John asked a time without the Internet.

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Yes/No-Question Cls

Alexi responded, "I can't remember before the Internet."

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Wh-Question Clause

Anne declared, "It's the best way to prove is true. You just Google it."

(Note that the tense is present "general truth".)

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That/What Clauses

Alexi advised, "A lot of garbage is on the Web.
Alexi advised a lot of garbage on the Web.

garbage (N) – slang for undesirable information of the Web

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It /There Pronouns

John asked, "How do you know if a web page is fact or fiction?"
Anne informed we should look at the source.

fact (N) – something that actually exists, reality, truth
fiction (N) – something imagined, a made-up story
source (N) – the writer or institution that is responsible for the content or the page

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Said Synonyms

10.

John inquired, "Do you send text messages?"
John inquired we sent text messages or not.

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Yes/No-Question Cls If / Whether

11.

John asked, "How many text messages do you send each day?"
Anne exclaimed, "A lot. I don't know each day!"

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Wh-Question Clause

12.

John laughed, "You should rest your thumbs."
John her thumbs.

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Imperative Clauses

Quiz 2

Intermediate

Decide which phrase or clause can complete the sentence.

Select the response from the list that best completes the sentence.
Compare your response to the feedback by clicking the "Check 13-25" button at the bottom.

13.

Anne asked, "Do you remember an encyclopedia?

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Wh- Question Cls

14.

Alexi responded, "I don't know. Where do we keep them?"
Alexi responded that he

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Wh- Question Cls Where / Which

15.

John advised Alexi, "Use a search engine like, Google, Yahoo, Bing, or Ask instead."
John a search engine instead.

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Imperative Clauses

16.

Anne added, "The things that we can do with digital photography are amazing."
Anne added," digital photography is amazing."

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That/What Clauses

17.

Anne continued, "It is even more amazing that we can upload pictures to Web galleries."
Anne continued, " pictures to Web galleries is even more amazing. "

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That/What Clauses

18.

Anne explained, "For example, this morning, I uploaded my pictures to the Web in order to share them with friends."
Anne explained that her pictures to the Web so that she them with friends .

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Statement Clauses Could

19.

Alexi asked, "Where do you upload them?"
She replied, "I can't remember right now ."

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Wh-Question Clause

20.

Alexi asked her, "Will you be able to find them?"
Alexi asked her

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Yes/No Question Cls

21.

Anne responded, " I think I can."
Anne responded that

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Statement Clauses

22.

Alexi said, "Look in your browser History to see which site you used."
Alexi told her in her browser History to see which site she had used."

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Imperative Clauses

23.

Anne shouted, "Here they are!"
Anne shouted .

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Statement Clauses

24.

"Good!" said Alexi. "I'm going to watch a movie. I haven't watched a movie for a couple of weeks."
Alexi announced since he a movie.

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There Pronouns Statement Clauses

25.

A DVR ! That is by far my favorite invention!"
John that a DVR was by far his favorite invention."

DVR (digital video recorder) – equipment that allows someone to store a downloaded movie and to watch the movie at a later time
by far – clearly ahead of the others

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Said Synonyms