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Chapter 3 · Class 11 English

Grammar - Clauses — Important Questions

25 questions With answers CBSE format

SUMMARY: The chapter on Grammar - Clauses in Class 11 English focuses on understanding the different types of clauses and their functions in sentence construction.
KEY TOPICS: main clause, subordinate clause, noun clause, adjective clause, adverb clause, independent clause, dependent clause, relative clause, clause structure, clause examples

Q1 1 Mark

Identify the type of clause: 'The book that I bought yesterday is interesting.'

ANoun clause
BAdjective clause
CAdverb clause
DMain clause
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Adjective clause
Q2 1 Mark

Identify: 'When the bell rang the students stood up.'

ANoun clause
BAdjective clause
CAdverb clause
DMain clause
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Correct answer: Option 3 — Adverb clause
Q3 1 Mark

Identify: 'I know what you did last summer.'

ANoun clause
BAdjective clause
CAdverb clause
DMain clause
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Correct answer: Option 1 — Noun clause
Q4 1 Mark

Choose: 'The girl who is wearing the red dress is my sister' contains:

ANoun clause
BAdjective clause
CAdverb clause
DNo subordinate clause
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Adjective clause
Q5 1 Mark

Identify: 'He ran so fast that no one could catch him' contains:

ANoun clause
BAdjective clause
CAdverb clause of result
DMain clause only
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Correct answer: Option 3 — Adverb clause of result
Q6 1 Mark

Choose: 'Whoever wins the race will get a prize' starts with a:

ANoun clause
BAdjective clause
CAdverb clause
DIndependent clause
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Correct answer: Option 1 — Noun clause
Q7 1 Mark

Identify the adverb clause: 'I will help you if you ask politely.'

Aif you ask politely
BI will help you
Cyou ask politely
Dhelp you
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Correct answer: Option 1 — if you ask politely
Q8 1 Mark

Identify the adjective clause: 'This is the house where I was born.'

Awhere I was born
BThis is the house
CI was born
Dthe house where
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Correct answer: Option 1 — where I was born
Q9 1 Mark

Choose: 'He said that he would come tomorrow' has a noun clause as:

ASubject
BObject
CComplement
DAdverb
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Object
Q10 1 Mark

Identify the type of adverb clause: 'Although it was raining we went out.'

ATime
BPlace
CReason
DConcession/Contrast
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Correct answer: Option 4 — Concession/Contrast
Q11 1 Mark

Identify the noun clause: 'What he said is true.'

AWhat he said
Bis true
Che said
Dtrue
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Correct answer: Option 1 — What he said
Q12 1 Mark

Choose: 'I will go where you go' contains an adverb clause of:

ATime
BPlace
CReason
DManner
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Correct answer: Option 2 — Place
Q13 1 Mark

Identify: 'The reason why he was late is unknown' has an adjective clause modifying:

Areason
Bhe
Cunknown
Dwas
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Correct answer: Option 1 — reason
Q14 1 Mark

Identify the adverb clause of time: 'As soon as the alarm rang she got up.'

AAs soon as the alarm rang
Bshe got up
Cthe alarm rang
Dgot up
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Correct answer: Option 1 — As soon as the alarm rang
Q15 1 Mark

Choose: 'My belief is that honesty pays' has a noun clause as:

ASubject
BObject
CComplement
DAdverb
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Correct answer: Option 3 — Complement
Q16 3 Marks

Identify and name the subordinate clause: 'I know the boy who won the prize.'

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Subordinate clause: 'who won the prize.' Type: Adjective clause (relative). It modifies the noun 'boy' and begins with the relative pronoun 'who'.
Q17 3 Marks

Identify and name the subordinate clause: 'When the train arrived everyone cheered.'

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Subordinate clause: 'When the train arrived.' Type: Adverb clause of time. It begins with the subordinator 'when' and tells when the cheering happened.
Q18 3 Marks

Identify and classify: 'I doubt whether he will come.'

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Clause: 'whether he will come.' Type: Noun clause acting as the object of the verb 'doubt'. It is introduced by 'whether' which marks doubt or uncertainty.
Q19 3 Marks

Combine using an adjective clause: 'I met a girl. She is from Kolkata.'

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'I met a girl who is from Kolkata.' The adjective clause 'who is from Kolkata' modifies the noun 'girl' joining the two simple sentences into a complex sentence.
Q20 3 Marks

Combine using an adverb clause: 'She was tired. She kept working.'

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'Although she was tired she kept working.' The adverb clause of concession 'although she was tired' shows contrast with the main clause and forms a complex sentence.
Q21 3 Marks

Identify the type of clause underlined: 'She told me [that she was leaving].'

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Type: Noun clause. The bracketed clause acts as the object of the verb 'told'. It is introduced by the conjunction 'that'.
Q22 3 Marks

Identify the type of adverb clause: 'I will help you so that you can finish on time.'

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Adverb clause of purpose. The clause 'so that you can finish on time' begins with the subordinator 'so that' which expresses the purpose of helping.
Q23 3 Marks

Combine using a noun clause: 'The teacher said something. It surprised the students.'

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'What the teacher said surprised the students.' The noun clause 'what the teacher said' acts as the subject of the verb 'surprised'.
Q24 3 Marks

Identify and rewrite using an adverb clause of condition: 'You will succeed by working hard.'

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'You will succeed if you work hard.' The adverb clause 'if you work hard' begins with 'if' which expresses the condition for the main clause result.
Q25 3 Marks

Identify the clause and its function: 'It is unlikely that he will come.'

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Clause: 'that he will come.' Type: Noun clause functioning as the real subject (with 'It' as introductory subject). It is introduced by the conjunction 'that'.

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