This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Adverbial Clauses – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Clauses Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Some of the subordinate conjunctions can also be ..... A) Adverbs. B) Nouns. C) Prepositions. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prepositions. 2. Some of them are sitting on the benches ..... a few are on the ground. A) Either. B) While. C) So. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While. 3. ..... Jim came home, he realized that someone had broken into his house A) Because. B) Although. C) While. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 4. Choose the subordinate clause:While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television, Samson, the family dog, gnawed on the leg of the coffee table. A) While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television. B) Samson, the family dog, gnawed on the leg of the coffee table. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While Bailey slept on the sofa in front of the television. 5. ..... reaches the cells of the body, it is oxidized, or slowly burned. A) As digested food. B) Food is digested. C) Digested food that. D) Why does digested food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As digested food. 6. Joo Kyung always watches TV after ..... her homework. A) She finish. B) She finished. C) Is finishing. D) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finishing. 7. Brian heard a small "meow" and looked down to discover a kitten at his feet. When he saw it, he ..... , A) Smiled. B) Smiles. C) Was smiling. D) Had smiled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smiled. 8. True or False:If the sentence begins with a dependent clause, you should always put a comma after the dependent clause. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Identify the adverb clause in the following sentence:When the bell rings, the students will go to lunch. A) When the bell rings. B) Will go to lunch. C) The bell rings. D) The students will go to lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the bell rings. 10. Which part of the following sentence is the adverbial clause "My teacher asked me to re-submit the homework because I didn't do it neatly." ? A) I didn't do it neatly. B) Because I didn't do it neatly. C) My teacher asked me. D) Re-submit the homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because I didn't do it neatly. 11. Identify the dependent clause in this sentence:Before we organise the trip, we'll have to phone you first. A) Before we organise the trip. B) We'll have to phone you first. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before we organise the trip. 12. No voy a estar en la oficina cuando mis padres ..... (llegar) A) Llegar. B) Llegan. C) Lleguen. D) Llegaron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lleguen. 13. Use ..... or ..... in an adjective clause to express the fact that no matter what the condition, there is no way to affect or change an event or situation A) Neverthelessalthough. B) Butand. C) If onlyonly if. D) Even ifWhether or not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Even ifWhether or not. 14. She has cleaned the room ..... it still looks dirty. A) Although. B) So. C) Because. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yet. 15. A dependent clause and an independent clause in a sentence is called a ..... sentence. A) Compound. B) Simple. C) Complex. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex. 16. If an adverb clause appears at the end of a sentence after the main subject and verb, is a comma needed to separate the clause from the rest of the sentence? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 17. Although net selecting for the team, he attends all o f the games as a fan. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 18. Choose the correct reduced adverbial clause.Though he was talented, he didn't get the job. A) Though was talented, he didn't get the job. B) Though being talented, he didn't get the job. C) Though talented, he didn't get the job. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Though talented, he didn't get the job. 19. Which part of the following sentence is the adverbial clause "Be careful not to make any mistakes when you are doing your homework." ? A) Be careful. B) You are doing your homework. C) When you are doing your homework. D) Be careful not to make any mistakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you are doing your homework. 20. A hotel is a place ..... people stay when they're on holiday. A) That. B) Where. C) Which. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 21. ..... the necessary qualifications, she was not hired for a job. A) Lacking. B) Lacked. C) When lacking. D) Because lacking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacking. 22. The Time Traveler could not go back the same way he had come. A) He had come. B) The Time Traveler could not go back. C) The same way he had come. D) Could not go back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The same way he had come. 23. What are some of the words for the mnemonic device known as AAAWWUBBIS? A) And, are. B) We'll, we've. C) But, so. D) After, because. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After, because. 24. Identify the adverb clause:They sailed the unknown waters as if they had befriended the sea. A) As if they had befriended the sea. B) They sailed the unknown waters. C) As if they had. D) Unknown waters as if they. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As if they had befriended the sea. 25. ..... she finished her homework, she started a new book. A) As soon as. B) After. C) As long as. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As soon as. 26. Rewrite the following sentence with the introductory adverb clause punctuated correctly:'Until the music stopped everyone kept dancing.' A) Until the music stopped everyone kept dancing. B) Until the music stopped; everyone kept dancing. C) Until the music stopped, everyone kept dancing. D) Until, the music stopped everyone kept dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Until the music stopped, everyone kept dancing. 27. What does the adverb clause add to the following sentence:We planned to go to the movie if tickets were still available. A) Tells WHY we planned to go to the movie. B) Tells WHERE we planned to go to the movie. C) Tells UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS we planned to go to the movie. D) Tells HOW we planned to go to the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tells UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS we planned to go to the movie. 28. A CLAUSE has ..... A) A subject. B) A subject and a verb. C) A noun and adjective. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A subject and a verb. 29. The last bus will leave ..... the last class finishes at 5:10. A) After. B) Even though. C) Because. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 30. Which of these sentences has an adverb clause? A) Before work, I always have some coffee. B) I always have some coffee before I start my work. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I always have some coffee before I start my work. 31. What is the Channel Tunnel? A) A famous bridge in London. B) A tunnel under the sea that links Britain and France. C) A tunnel between Cambridge and Oxford. D) The longest road in Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tunnel under the sea that links Britain and France. 32. Please call me ..... you get to Hong Kong. A) As soon as. B) Just as. C) While. D) Whenever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As soon as. 33. Because Chicago is near my home, I visit the city often.What word does the adverb clause modify? A) Visit. B) Was. C) Often. D) Near. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visit. 34. In the sentence "I will help you wherever you need me, " what is the function of the adverb clause? A) It is a noun clause. B) It acts as the main clause. C) It modifies the verb "help.". D) It describes the subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It modifies the verb "help.". 35. She felt relieved A) When she finishes the test. B) When she finished the test. C) When she will finish the test. D) When she finishing the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When she finished the test. 36. I wasn't at home ..... he came to see me. A) When. B) As. C) Since. D) Whenever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 37. I couldn't convince him to participate ..... he has great chances of winning. A) Until. B) Since. C) Althougn. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Althougn. 38. Exercise 1:Identifying Adverb ClausesIdentify the adverb clause in the sentence.1. The president waited until he had heard the reports. A) Until he had heard. B) Until he had heard the repots. C) He had heard the reports. D) Until he had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Until he had heard the repots. 39. My wife doesn't like to eat food she cooks ..... she makes delicious food. A) Even though. B) Before. C) Since. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Even though. 40. A bridge of steel is stronger than a bridge made of wood. A) Adjective clause. B) Adverb clause. C) Not a clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not a clause. 41. Let us go to where they asked us to wait. A) Conditions. B) Place. C) Purpose. D) Reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place. 42. I didn't finish my home work ..... I was seriously ill yesterday. A) Because of. B) Although. C) So that. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 43. The trip was canceled ..... the rain. A) Because. B) In order to. C) In case. D) Because of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of. 44. Which part of the following sentence is the adverbial clause "When I didn't return the book, the librarian called my parents." ? A) , the librarian called my parents. B) Return the book. C) When I didn't return the book. D) When I didn't return the book,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When I didn't return the book,. 45. When Jack phoned me, I ..... a letter. A) Wrote. B) Am writing. C) Was writing. D) Have been writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was writing. 46. As he was not there, I left a message with his mother. A) Reason. B) Result. C) Condition. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reason. 47. Use an adverb clause to modify the verb in the following sentence:They played outside. A) When they played outside, they enjoyed the fresh air. B) They played outside quickly. C) They played outside happily. D) They played outside in the morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When they played outside, they enjoyed the fresh air. 48. I feel asleep ..... TV. A) While watched. B) During I was watching. C) While watching. D) While I watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While watching. 49. Adjective or Adverb clause?Jason likes to listen to music while he sleeps. A) Adjective clause. B) Adverb clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb clause. 50. You should keep the milk in the refrigerator, ..... it doesn't go bad. A) While. B) So that. C) When. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So that. 51. 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. 52. Which item contains relative pronouns? A) Since, although, because, until, when. B) Who, whose, whom, which, that. C) He, his, hers, theirs. D) When, where, why, how. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who, whose, whom, which, that. 53. ..... you heat ice, it melts. A) Until. B) Before. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 54. How does the meaning change if you switch the clauses in the sentence 'Some prefer hot weather, whereas others like it cold' to 'Whereas others like it cold, some prefer hot weather'? A) The meaning changes completely. B) The contrast between the two preferences is lost. C) The meaning remains the same. D) The sentence becomes grammatically incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The meaning remains the same. 55. Identify the adverb in this sentence:If a tornado approaches, you can take shelter in the basement. A) If a tornado approaches. B) You can take shelter in the basement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If a tornado approaches. 56. If I work hard, I ..... A) Am succeed. B) Will succeed. C) Will be succeded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will succeed. 57. Rewrite the following sentence with the introductory adverb clause punctuated correctly:'Because it was raining the picnic was canceled.' A) Because it was raining the picnic was canceled. B) Because it was raining, the picnic was canceled. C) Because it was raining; the picnic was canceled. D) Because, it was raining the picnic was canceled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it was raining, the picnic was canceled. 58. Different subordinating conjunctions express different relationships:When? Where? How? Why? and ..... A) Which one?. B) Comparison. C) What kind?. D) How many?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparison. 59. The track star is a fierce competitor since he won the 5K race.What is the adverb clause? A) The track star is a fierce competitor. B) Fierce competitor since he won. C) Since he won the 5K race. D) Won the 5K race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since he won the 5K race. 60. How is the clause being used in the sentence?Megan Hilty sang exactly what I like to hear. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Predicate noun. 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