This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Adverbial Clauses – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Clauses Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the adverb clause tell us in the sentence?The trick was as complicated as any the magician had ever performed. A) How?. B) Where?. C) When?. D) To what extent?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How?. 2. ..... I was looking out of the window, I heard the doorbell ring. A) Before. B) After. C) By the time. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As. 3. Adverb clauses begin with A) Relative pronoun. B) Subordinating conjunction. C) Preposition. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subordinating conjunction. 4. Don't worry. You will recognize Jenny ..... A) When you see her. B) As soon as you saw her. C) Until you saw her. D) When you will see her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When you see her. 5. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. he missed the first bus, he came ten minutes late. A) Therefore. B) Since. C) Though. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 6. Choose the right adverb ..... their German was very bad, they could communicate with the shop assistant. A) Since. B) So. C) Although. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although. 7. Identify the adverb clause (subordinate clause). You may sit wherever you wish. A) Wherever. B) May sit. C) You may sit. D) Wherever you wish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wherever you wish. 8. ..... the lack of sleep, he still did the test well. A) Because of. B) Althought. C) Despite. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Despite. 9. Dancers spend hours stretching since they need to be flexible. What is the adverb clause? A) They need to be flexible. B) Since they need to be flexible. C) Spend hours since they need. D) Dancers spend hours stretching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since they need to be flexible. 10. ..... answering anything, make sure you read and understand the instructions. A) As. B) Until. C) Before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 11. Adjective clauses begin with A) Adjective. B) Relative pronoun. C) Preposition. D) Subordinating conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relative pronoun. 12. Don't disturb me ..... I am busy with my work. A) When. B) The first time. C) Until. D) As long as. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 13. What does an adverb clause tell? A) Who, what, when, where, how. B) These, those, this, that. C) Which one, what kind. D) When, where, why, to what extent, under what conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When, where, why, to what extent, under what conditions. 14. What is the adverb clause in the following sentence:If you want to go to the concert, you will need your parents' permission. A) If you want to go to the concert. B) Your parents' permission. C) You will need. D) If you want. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you want to go to the concert. 15. This sentence contains a reduced adverb clause. Indicate if the sentence is correct or incorrect.The ointment can be applied where needed. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 16. Which sentence is using the WRONG conjunction? A) The exam was long but easy. B) He only wears tennis shoes or flip flops. C) I have traveled to Europe and Asia. D) I like to swim but play volleyball. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I like to swim but play volleyball. 17. Exercise 1:Identifying Adverb ClausesIdentify the adverb clause in the sentence. 10. To talk after you are told to stop is to risk punishment A) To risk punishment. B) After you are told. C) To talk after you are told. D) After you are told to stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After you are told to stop. 18. We will keep working until we ..... A) Will finish. B) Was finished. C) Finished. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finish. 19. When ..... nests during spring nesting season, Canadian geese are fiercely territorial. A) Are building. B) Building. C) Built. D) Are built. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Building. 20. La Sra. es estricta para que los estudiantes ..... aprender bien. A) Podan. B) Pueden. C) Puedan. D) Poder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Puedan. 21. Natasha heard a small meow and looked down to discover a kitten at her feet. When she saw it, she ..... A) Is smiling. B) Had smiled. C) Smiled. D) Smiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smiled. 22. I feel bad the next day ..... I eat a heavy meal in the evening. A) Wherever. B) Whenever. C) Where. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Whenever. 23. True or false:since can be with the present perfect in adverb clauses A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Which part of the following sentence is the adverbial clause "After I studied hard, the exam was cancelled." ? A) I studied hard. B) , the exam was cancelled. C) After I studied hard,. D) Was cancelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After I studied hard,. 25. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence ..... , I feel very refresh. A) Despite getting up late. B) Although I get up early. C) Because I work very hard. D) Because of getting up early. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of getting up early. 26. While we were watching TV, it was raining really hard outside. A) Adverb Clause. B) Adjective Clause. C) Noun Clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb Clause. 27. While he was washing his new car, Lawrence ..... somescratches on his front bumper. A) Has discovered. B) Is discovering. C) Discovered. D) Was discovering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discovered. 28. Choose the correct reduced adverbial clause.Since he was late, he started the meeting at 10. A) Being late, he started the meeting at 10:00. B) Since being late, he started the meeting at 10:00. C) Since late, he started the meeting at 10:00. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being late, he started the meeting at 10:00. 29. ..... is Johan busy with work on Sundays. A) Only in. B) Seldom. C) Almost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seldom. 30. You should negotiate a lot before buy a new car. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 31. We ..... TV when it started to rain. A) Have watched. B) Are watching. C) Had watched. D) Were watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were watching. 32. ..... yesterday, we saw many deer. A) While we hiking through the woods. B) During hiking through the woods. C) Hiking through the woods we. D) Hiking through the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hiking through the woods. 33. She is trying to finish all her homework ..... have time to play during the holiday. A) So as to. B) So that. C) Because of. D) So as not to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So as to. 34. Choose the adverb clause that's modifying an adjective A) Playing football is dangerous if you don't have the right equipment. B) We walked to class quickly as if we were going to be late. C) I missed the bus because my alarm didn't go off. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing football is dangerous if you don't have the right equipment. 35. I will see you ..... your father calls me. A) When. B) Since. C) Whereas. D) Whenever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 36. Ted will take a trip to New York when summer vacation ..... (remember how to make future time clauses) A) Comes. B) To come. C) Came. D) Coming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comes. 37. Identify the adverb clause in this sentence:'She sings beautifully because she practices daily.' A) Practices daily. B) She sings beautifully. C) Because she practices daily. D) Because she practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because she practices daily. 38. The soup tasted bland ..... the chef added some salt and pepper. A) Or. B) Since. C) So. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So. 39. He likes to watch movies ..... he has free time. A) After. B) As soon as. C) When. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 40. ..... the food was terrible, Fatima ate everything on her plate. A) Though. B) In spite of. C) Whereas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Though. 41. Yesterday, Jim was playing the piano ..... his sister was playing the flute A) Because. B) While. C) Although. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 42. ..... their German was very bad, they could communicate with the shop assistant. A) So. B) Since. C) Although. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although. 43. Because Susan didn't wear a jacket yesterday, she is sick now. A) Because of didn't wear a jacket yesterday, Susan . B) Because of Susan not wearing a jacket yesterday, she . C) Because of not to wearing a jacket yesterday, Susan . D) Because of not wearing , Susan is sick now. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of not wearing , Susan is sick now. 44. I ..... the dishes when Jane called me. A) Am doing. B) Was doing. C) Had done. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was doing. 45. Ahmed has trouble keeping a job. By the time Ahmed was thirty, he ..... eight different jobs A) Had been having. B) Had had. C) Was having. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had had. 46. ..... , I will give him the report. A) As soon as he returned. B) When he will return. C) When he returns. D) Until he had returned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When he returns. 47. Exercise 1:Identifying Adverb ClausesIdentify the adverb clause in the sentence.2. After the mayor cut the ribbon, she entered the park. A) After the mayor. B) She entered the park. C) After the mayor cut the ribbon. D) The mayor cut the ribbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the mayor cut the ribbon. 48. True or False:You should always put a comma before the subordinate conjunction when the dependent/subordinate clause is after the independent clause. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. ..... Jane or Jeffery takes music lessons at school. A) Because. B) So. C) Although. D) Either. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Either. 50. Choose the adjective clause that correctly describes the noun:The girl ..... is my best friend. A) Who is eating lunch with me. B) Who is sitting next to me. C) Who is wearing a red dress. D) Who is standing across the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who is sitting next to me. 51. Which of the following best defines a clause? A) A group of words that contains a subject. B) A group of words that contains a verb. C) A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb. D) A group of words with a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of words that contains both a subject and a verb. 52. ..... you want my advice, I will be in my room. A) Even if. B) Only if. C) In case. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In case. 53. On ..... the room, I noticed that everyone was looking at me.(They can start with while, when, after, by, on, since.) A) ENTER. B) ENTERED. C) ENTERING. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ENTERING. 54. What does the adverb clause add to the following sentence:Thomas will not agree to join show choir unless Rebecca joins with him. A) Tells HOW Thomas will agree to join show choir. B) Tells WHY Thomas will agree to join show choir. C) Tells WHERE Thomas will agree to join show choir. D) Tells UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS Thomas will agree to join show choir. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tells UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS Thomas will agree to join show choir. 55. When I came to visit her last night, a big party ..... in her house. A) Is holding. B) Was being held. C) Held. D) Holds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was being held. 56. Choose the part that needs correcting:My friends advised her to stop doing the housework because her old age. A) To stop. B) Because. C) Old age. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because. 57. The boston red sox are ..... popular that tickets to their games are hard to get A) Such. B) Such a. C) So. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So. 58. I lent her my bike ..... she could get to work. A) After. B) Until. C) In order to. D) So that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So that. 59. You may get malaria ..... you are bitten by a mosquito. A) So that. B) Though. C) Before. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If. 60. Identify the adverb clause in the following sentence:Although she was tired, she continued working on her project. A) Although she was tired. B) Was tired. C) She continued working. D) On her project. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although she was tired. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAdverbial Clauses Quiz 1Adverbial Clauses Quiz 2Adverbial Clauses Quiz 3Adverbial Clauses Quiz 4Adverbial Clauses Quiz 5Adverbial Clauses Quiz 6Adverbial Clauses Quiz 7Adverbial Clauses Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books