This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Adverbial Clauses – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Clauses Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Error Identification:(A) Although Adlai Stevenson was (B) never elected president, he was one of the preeminent American (C) politics of the mid-twentieth (D) century . A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 2. I wasn't scared, ..... there was a big storm. A) Because. B) Although. C) Since. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although. 3. A clause can also be a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Tony ..... Nick are excited ..... they are going camping tomorrow. A) And, and. B) But, since. C) So, although. D) And, because. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) And, because. 5. I will help my son with his homework ..... he really needs it A) Whether or not. B) Unless. C) Only if. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only if. 6. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence ..... , I can't hear what he is saying. A) In spite of the noise music. B) Though the music is noise. C) Because of the soft music. D) Because of the noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of the noise. 7. Which of the following sentences contains an infinitive of purpose? A) She ran quickly to catch the bus. B) I went to the store to buy some groceries. C) They played soccer because they love the sport. D) He ate dinner before going to bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I went to the store to buy some groceries. 8. The inner ear is telling the brain that the body is still moving, ..... the eyes are indicating that the body has stopped. A) While. B) As. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While. 9. There go the workers. The workers are resurfacing our street. Choose the sentence where the two clauses are joined together to form one sentence containing an adjective clause that modifies the boldfaced word. A) There go the workers, which are resurfacing our street. B) There go the workers who are resurfacing our street. C) There go the workers which are resurfacing our street. D) There go the workers. The workers who are resurfacing our street. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There go the workers who are resurfacing our street. 10. The problem that worries us right now is the pollution of underground sources of water. A) Adjective clause. B) Adverb clause. C) Not a clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective clause. 11. After Marco ..... his degree, he will seek employment in and engineering firm A) Is finishing. B) Finishes. C) Will have finished. D) Will finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finishes. 12. Once ..... , the clothes can't be returned A) We buy. B) It is buyed. C) Bought. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 13. Singapore has a population of five million ..... it is only 270 square miles. A) Because. B) Whenever. C) Although. D) As. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although. 14. In the sentence 'While some people prefer city living, others like living in the country, ' which part is the dependent clause? A) While some people prefer city living. B) Others like living in the country. C) The entire sentence. D) Neither, as both are independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While some people prefer city living. 15. Because ..... , alabaster can be easily carved. A) Of its softness. B) Of soft. C) Softness. D) Is soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of its softness. 16. Choose the right adverb.Jessica usually listens to music ..... she does her homework. A) Because. B) When. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 17. The boy is still hungry ..... he asks for more food. A) Because. B) While. C) So. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) So. 18. ..... our city has excellent public transportation, we don't need a car. A) Although. B) So that. C) Since. D) Even though. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 19. The first floor, because it was closest to the garage in the empty lot, was where the rats lived. A) Adverb Clause. B) Prepositional Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb Clause. 20. Ynes Mexia was an explorer whose main interest was botanyThe dependent clause here is functioning as a/an: A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 21. ....she goes, there are crowds of people waiting to see her. A) As. B) Wherever. C) Whenever. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wherever. 22. I will start ..... I am ready. A) Whenever. B) Before. C) Since. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whenever. 23. Tomorrow, we can either go sailing at sea ..... hiking in the mountains. A) Since. B) Or. C) But. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Or. 24. Although felt rather sick, the speaker will take part in the seminar A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 25. ..... I woke up, I made breakfast. A) By the time. B) As soon as. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As soon as. 26. ..... my father has high blood pressure, he has to watch what he eats. A) Before. B) Since. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Since. 27. Exercise 2:Identifying What Adverb Clauses ModifyIdentify the word being modified by the Adverb Clause.12. After the mayor cut the ribbon, she entered the park. A) She. B) Entered. C) The. D) Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entered. 28. We walked as far as the waterfall, ..... is over 40 metres high. A) Which. B) That. C) Where. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which. 29. My sister couldn't participate in the competition ..... she had broken her arm a week before. A) Provided that. B) While. C) Since. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 30. Exercise 1:Identifying Adverb ClausesIdentify the adverb clause in the sentence.6. Eating before I exercise makes me sluggish. A) Before I. B) Makes me sluggish. C) Before I exercise. D) Eating before I exercise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before I exercise. 31. Although they played many kinds of games, the students liked the home made board games the best. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 32. The fisherman could not go out to sea ..... the weather was bad. A) Because. B) Or. C) Although. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because. 33. Rewrite the sentence Computers can be used for various purposes, so they become very popular today. A) Because of being used for various purposes, computers become very popular today. B) Because of computers can be used for various purposes, they become very popular today. C) Computers can be used for various purposes, because they become very popular today. D) As computers can be used for various purposes, so they become very popular today. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because of being used for various purposes, computers become very popular today. 34. While ..... about adverb clauses, a mild earthquake shook the classroom. A) Lectured. B) The teacher was lecturing. C) The teacher lecturing. D) Lecturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The teacher was lecturing. 35. When ..... , you are free to leave. A) Finished with the report. B) The report. C) The finished report. D) Is the report finished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished with the report. 36. Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas produce carbon dioxide when ..... A) Are burned. B) Are they burned. C) They burned. D) Burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burned. 37. Find the adverb clause in each sentence then identify which word it modifies:The stranger offered to help when he saw the accident. A) Saw. B) Offered. C) Help. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Offered. 38. She called me ..... she needed my help on a project. A) Although. B) Because. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because. 39. ..... Tania is oversensitive, her friends still like her A) Unless. B) Wether or not. C) Only if. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wether or not. 40. ADJ Clause:The store where the new phone was being sold had a huge line of people outside it. A) The store where the new phone was being sold. B) Had a huge line of people outside. C) Where the new phone was being sold. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where the new phone was being sold. 41. While ..... , I saw an old friend of mine A) Walked back home from the office. B) Walking back home from the office. C) Was walked back home from the office. D) I walk back home from the office. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walking back home from the office. 42. Some countries have strict environmental policies, ..... others prioritize economic growth over sustainability. A) Consequently. B) Given that. C) In addition to. D) Whereas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whereas. 43. ..... it is raining, Jane still wants to go to the playground. A) Therefore. B) Although. C) Since. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Although. 44. Would you like to pay in cash ..... by credit card, sir? A) Or. B) Either. C) Although. D) If. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 45. When Rose ..... in the kitchen, Dad ..... to sleep. A) Had started cooking; was going. B) Cooking, was going. C) Cooked; was going. D) Started to cook; had gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Started to cook; had gone. 46. Adjective or Adverb clause?Ashley swam until it started raining. A) Adjective clause. B) Adverb clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb clause. 47. ..... being rich, he is rather unhappy. A) Although. B) Despite. C) In spite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despite. 48. Subordinating conjunctions (ABBI SAW A WUWU) go with which type of clause? A) Noun clause. B) Adjective clause. C) Adverb clause. D) Santa clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb clause. 49. The genus Equus became extinct in North America during the glacial period, and it was not reintroduced until ..... by the Spaniards. A) It brought there. B) Brought there. C) Bringing it here. D) Was brought there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brought there. 50. Identify the adverb clause:I did not buy that watch because it was expensive. A) Was expensive. B) I did not buy that watch. C) That watch because. D) Because it was expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because it was expensive. 51. Which one of the following is NOT a question that an adverb clause answers? A) Where?. B) How?. C) When?. D) Whose?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whose?. 52. ..... , a cat chased us down the street. A) While running. B) We were running while. C) While we were running. D) While running we were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) While we were running. 53. The ants began to circle around the spilled maple syrup. A) Adverb Clause. B) Prepositional Phrase. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepositional Phrase. 54. Identify the function of the clause: "whoever ate her chocolate" in the sentence: "Mrs. Deal is looking for whoever ate her chocolate." A) Noun. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. 55. Find the adverb clause:I like to exercise soon after I get up each morning. A) I like to exercise. B) Soon after I get up each morning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soon after I get up each morning. 56. Everyone in the office wears jeans on Fridays ..... something special is going on and we need to dress up. A) Only if. B) Even if. C) Unless. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unless. 57. Why did Miguel travel into the world of dead? A) He was boring. B) Because he wanted answers to follow his dreams. C) He was a curious person. D) He wanted to die. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he wanted answers to follow his dreams. 58. Choose the second part of this Correlative Conjunction.BOTH ..... A) But also. B) Nor. C) And. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And. 59. Choose the adverb clause of reason.Volunteering is a popular option because it offers life-changing experiences. The best way to gain a deep understanding of another culture is to live and work among its people. A) Volunteering is a popular option. B) Because it offers life-changing experiences. C) A deep understanding. D) Among its people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it offers life-changing experiences. 60. Exercise 1:Identifying Adverb ClausesIdentify the adverb clause in the sentence.3. The forest muffled all outside noises when I stood in it. A) When I stood in. B) When I stood in it. C) When I. D) When I stood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When I stood in it. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAdverbial Clauses Quiz 1Adverbial Clauses Quiz 2Adverbial Clauses Quiz 3Adverbial Clauses Quiz 4Adverbial Clauses Quiz 6Adverbial Clauses Quiz 7Adverbial Clauses Quiz 8Adverbial Clauses Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books