This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Clauses > Adverbial Clauses – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Clauses Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Different subordinating conjunctions express different relationships:When? Where? How? Why? and ..... A) Which one?. B) How many?. C) What kind?. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comparison. 2. 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) Won the 5K race. C) Since he won the 5K race. D) Fierce competitor since he won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since he won the 5K race. 3. How is the clause being used in the sentence?Megan Hilty sang exactly what I like to hear. A) Predicate noun. B) Direct object. C) Object of preposition. D) Subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 4. 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) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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) Because of the soft music. C) Though the music is noise. D) Because of the noise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of the noise. 10. Which of the following sentences contains an infinitive of purpose? A) They played soccer because they love the sport. B) He ate dinner before going to bed. C) She ran quickly to catch the bus. D) I went to the store to buy some groceries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I went to the store to buy some groceries. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. After Marco ..... his degree, he will seek employment in and engineering firm A) Is finishing. B) Will finish. C) Will have finished. D) Finishes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finishes. 15. Once ..... , the clothes can't be returned A) It is buyed. B) Buying. C) We buy. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought. 16. Singapore has a population of five million ..... it is only 270 square miles. A) Although. B) Whenever. C) As. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although. 17. 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. 18. Because ..... , alabaster can be easily carved. A) Softness. B) Of its softness. C) Is soft. D) Of soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of its softness. 19. Choose the right adverb.Jessica usually listens to music ..... she does her homework. A) When. B) Because. C) But. D) So. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 20. The boy is still hungry ..... he asks for more food. A) So. B) While. C) Since. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So. 21. ..... our city has excellent public transportation, we don't need a car. A) Even though. B) Although. C) Since. D) So that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since. 22. 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. 23. Ynes Mexia was an explorer whose main interest was botanyThe dependent clause here is functioning as a/an: A) Noun. B) Subject. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective. 24. ....she goes, there are crowds of people waiting to see her. A) Whenever. B) Before. C) As. D) Wherever. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wherever. 25. I will start ..... I am ready. A) Whenever. B) Before. C) Since. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whenever. 26. Tomorrow, we can either go sailing at sea ..... hiking in the mountains. A) Since. B) But. C) Or. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Or. 27. 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. 28. ..... 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. 29. ..... 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. 30. 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) Park. B) She. C) Entered. D) The. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Entered. ← 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