Identify the Dependent Clause in Each Sentence and State Its Type

Question 1

I ate what she cooked last night.

Answer 1

Dependent Clause: what she cooked last night.
Type: Noun clause (object of the verb ate).

Question 2

Pray before you step out of your house.

Answer 2

Dependent Clause: before you step out of your house.
Type: Adverb clause (of time).

Question 3

Whatever she does is okay.

Answer 3

Dependent Clause: Whatever she does.
Type: Noun clause (subject of is).

Question 4

Until you learn how to read, you can never make it in life.

Answer 4

Dependent Clause: Until you learn how to read.
Type: Adverb clause (of time).

Question 5

The teacher said what he wanted to say.

Answer 5

Dependent Clause: what he wanted to say.
Type: Noun clause (object of said).

Question 6

She asked what to do next.

Answer 6

Dependent Clause: what to do next.
Type: Noun clause (object of asked).

Question 7

He knows that my head is big.

Answer 7

Dependent Clause: that my head is big.
Type: Noun clause (object of knows).

Question 8

Drive slowly when it rains because the road gets slippery.

Answer 8

Dependent Clause 1: when it rains (adverb clause of time).
Dependent Clause 2: because the road gets slippery (adverb clause of reason).

Question 9

He asked whether I knew how to ride.

Answer 9

Dependent Clause: whether I knew how to ride.
Type: Noun clause (object of asked).

Question 10

That my head is big is no news.

Answer 10

Dependent Clause: That my head is big.
Type: Noun clause (subject of is).