This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Fronted Adverbials – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fronted Adverbials Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "In the distance, a train whistle blew." A) In the distance. B) A train whistle blew. C) Train whistle blew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the distance. 2. Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence:'Suddenly, the dog barked.' A) The dog. B) The dog barked. C) Suddenly. D) Barked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suddenly. 3. Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "After the movie, we went for ice cream." A) After the movie. B) We went for ice cream. C) Went for ice cream. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the movie. 4. Last night Junyi visited Hubery's house, but he didn't see him. Where ..... Hubery last night? A) Is. B) Has. C) Was. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 5. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a fronted adverbial and a comma. A) In the garden the flowers are blooming. B) The flowers are blooming, in the garden. C) In the garden, the flowers are blooming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the garden, the flowers are blooming. 6. Which sentence does NOT contain a fronted adverbial? A) Before school, I pack my bag. B) I eat porridge in the morning. C) In the morning, I eat porridge. D) Without warning, the alarm rang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I eat porridge in the morning. 7. What did Hery eat last night? He ..... some bread and eggs. A) Eat. B) Eats. C) Eaten. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ate. 8. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma after the fronted adverbial:1. A. Before sunrise, we went jogging. B. We went jogging before sunrise. C. Before sunrise we went jogging. A) Before sunrise, we went jogging. B) We went jogging before sunrise. C) Before sunrise we went jogging. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before sunrise, we went jogging. 9. Create a sentence using the fronted adverbial "At night" . A) At night, the moon is bright. B) The moon is bright at night. C) Bright is the moon at night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At night, the moon is bright. 10. Which has the comma in the correct place to demarcate the fronted adverbial? A) In the dead of night, the black cat began to wake. B) In the dead of night the black cat, began to wake. C) In, the dead of night the black cat began to wake. D) In the dead, of night the black cat began to wake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the dead of night, the black cat began to wake. 11. Gabriel and his family ..... their holiday in Bali last year. A) Spend. B) Spent. C) Spends. D) Spended. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spent. 12. The prefix pre means ..... "Preheat the oven before baking." A) Again. B) Not. C) Before. D) Down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before. 13. Jason ..... a wallet on the street when he was going home yesterday. A) Founded. B) Find. C) Finds. D) Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Found. 14. Which of these sentences begins with a fronted adverbial phrase of manner? Tick 1 correct answer A) Cautiously, we entered the cave. B) Full of fear, we entered the cave. C) After we had stopped shaking, we entered the cave. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Full of fear, we entered the cave. 15. Upstairs, Lucy can hear her brothers playing. A) Adverbial of manner. B) Adverbial of place. C) Adverbial of time. D) Adverbial of frequency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial of place. 16. Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Before the rain started, they finished their work." A) The rain started. B) They finished their work. C) Before the rain started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before the rain started. 17. Choose the fronted adverbial for 'when' to complete the sentence: ..... , Ben brushes his teeth. A) Before bedtime. B) Quickly. C) In the bathroom. D) Every night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before bedtime. 18. Identify the fronted adverbial in the following sentence: "In the morning, she likes to read the newspaper." A) She likes to read the newspaper. B) In the morning. C) Read the newspaper. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the morning. 19. Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Before the rain started, we reached home." A) Before the rain started. B) We reached home. C) The rain started. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before the rain started. 20. Which sentence uses a fronted adverbial and the correct punctuation? A) At the park the children played football. B) The children played football at the park. C) At the park, the children played football. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the park, the children played football. 21. What do we call the last comma in a list before 'and'? A) The final comma. B) The joining comma. C) The Oxford comma. D) The list comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Oxford comma. 22. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma after the fronted adverbial:10. A. At the weekend, I will visit Grandma. B. I will visit Grandma, at the weekend. C. I will, at the weekend, visit Grandma. A) At the weekend, I will visit Grandma. B) I will visit Grandma, at the weekend. C) I will, at the weekend, visit Grandma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the weekend, I will visit Grandma. 23. Choose the sentence that uses a fronted adverbial correctly. A) The cat slept under the table. B) Under the table, the cat slept. C) The cat, under the table slept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the table, the cat slept. 24. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma after the fronted adverbial:15. A. After the rain, the sky was clear. B. The sky was clear after the rain. C. After the rain the sky was clear. A) After the rain, the sky was clear. B) The sky was clear after the rain. C) After the rain the sky was clear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the rain, the sky was clear. 25. How are fronted adverbials different from other types of adverbials? A) They only provide information about time. B) They always appear at the beginning of a sentence. C) They are always followed by a comma. D) They can appear at different places in a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They can appear at different places in a sentence. 26. What punctuation always follows a fronted adverbial? Tick 1 correct answer A) Full stop. B) Apostrophe. C) Exclamation mark. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma. 27. Which punctuation mark is usually used after a fronted adverbial? A) Period. B) Comma. C) Question mark. D) Exclamation mark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 28. Select the correct way to rewrite the sentence with a comma after the fronted adverbial:After the storm the rainbow appeared. A) After the storm, the rainbow appeared. B) After the storm the, rainbow appeared. C) After, the storm the rainbow appeared. D) After the storm the rainbow, appeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the storm, the rainbow appeared. 29. Choose the fronted adverbial for 'when' to complete the sentence: ..... , the birds began to sing. A) Softly. B) Every morning. C) Before sunrise. D) In the tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before sunrise. 30. Select the correct way to rewrite the sentence with a comma after the fronted adverbial:With a big smile she opened her present. A) With a big smile she, opened her present. B) With a big smile she opened her, present. C) With a big smile, she opened her present. D) With a big smile she opened, her present. 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