San Fabian national High School

San Fabian, Pangasinan

Name: _________________________ Score: ______

Section: _______________________ Date: ____________________

A. Here are 10 sentences which have been split into subordinate clauses. Match each subordinate clause with a
closely related main clause. Write the whole sentences below.

1. If the flowers bloomed A. they would not have died

2. If I were a plant B. you could give shade to people

3. If I water the plants gently C. photosynthesis begins

4. If I had watered the plants regularly D. she would have graduated regularly

5. Erica will graduate Valedictorian E. many butterflies appeared

6. If sunlight strikes a leaf F. if it does not rain

7. If Erica had studied hard G. I would produce sugar

8. If you were a narra tree H. they will not die

9. We will have picnic I. if she studies hard

10. If there were no oxygen J. people would die

B. Using the sentences in the last Activity, identify the main clause and the subordinate clause by
underlining once the main clause, twice for the subordinate clause.

1. If sunlight strikes a lead, photosynthesis begins.

2. If you multiply twenty by five, you get one hundred.

3. If you heat butter, it will melt.

4. If I were Rita, I would study hard.

5. If we understood the sunbeam fully, we would know the secrets of nature.

6. If you told me, I would have helped you.

7. If the loggers had not cut down the trees, they could have saved the rainforest.