This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Fronted Adverbials – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fronted Adverbials Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the blink of an eye, my breakfast had vanished. A) Why. B) Where. C) How. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 2. Identify the fronted adverbial:'With great enthusiasm, she accepted the challenge.' A) She accepted the challenge with great enthusiasm. B) With enthusiasm, she accepted the challenge. C) She accepted the challenge enthusiastically. D) With great enthusiasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With great enthusiasm. 3. In the morning, I go to school. A) Frequency. B) Time. C) Place. D) Degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 4. Create a sentence using a contrast fronted adverbial. A) She was tired, she decided to take a nap. B) However, she was tired, she decided to go for a run. C) In addition, he was feeling unwell, he went to the gym. D) Although it was raining, they went for a picnic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) However, she was tired, she decided to go for a run. 5. Which of these adverbial phrases could be used to replace suddenly? A) Once upon a time. B) As green as a goblin. C) As quick as a flash. D) In a far off place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As quick as a flash. 6. Which fronted adverbial explains when the verb happened? A) Just after dark, Liam cycled home. B) Quickly, Liam cycled home. C) Rocking from side to side, Liam cycled home. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Just after dark, Liam cycled home. 7. Jess' heart is racing at 100 miles per hour.What is being personified? A) Jess. B) Hour. C) Jess' heart. D) Race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jess' heart. 8. Identify the fronted adverbial in this sentence:'Quickly, she finished her homework.' A) Quickly. B) She finished her homework quickly. C) Quickly finished her homework she. D) Homework was finished quickly by her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 9. "After he ate the chocolate chip cookies, guilt poked and chewed Anthony."What human characteristic is given? A) Eating. B) Baking. C) Chewing. D) Making people guilty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. 10. What is the fronted adverbial in the sentence:'During the storm, the power went out.'? A) The power went out. B) During the sunny day. C) The storm. D) During the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) During the storm. 11. Choose the fronted adverbial in the sentence:'Suddenly, the lights went out.' A) Suddenly B) Lights C) Went out A) Abruptly. B) A) Suddenly. C) The. D) Out of nowhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A) Suddenly. 12. The spell vanished with a flick of his wand. A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 13. What is one reason to use fronted adverbials in our writing? To make our writing more ..... A) Smart. B) Cohesive. C) Long. D) Difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cohesive. 14. Create a sentence with a fronted adverbial that shows manner. A) Slowly, they ran to catch the bus. B) Carefully, she walked across the tightrope. C) Loudly, the music played in the concert. D) Quickly, he drove the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carefully, she walked across the tightrope. 15. Which of the following is a fronted adverbial? A) Quietly B) Jumped C) Happy A) Suddenly. B) A. C) Beautifully. D) Quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 16. What type of fronted adverbial is used in this sentence?:On Tuesday, the frog began to fly. A) Manner. B) Place. C) Frequency. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 17. Choose the sentence that contains a fronted adverbial: A) After school, I went to the park. B) The park is my favourite place. C) I like to play in the park. D) I went to the park after school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After school, I went to the park. 18. Identify the purpose of the fronted adverbial:In January, the weather is very cold. A) Place. B) Manner. C) Frequency. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Time. 19. Which sentence has correct punctuation with the fronted adverbial? A) Worryingly there is no other gardener prepared to take my place. B) Worryingly, there is no other gardener prepared to take my place. C) Worryingly there is no, other gardener prepared to take my place. D) Worryingly there is no other gardener, prepared to take my place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worryingly, there is no other gardener prepared to take my place. 20. How can using fronted adverbials help vary sentence structure? A) Using fronted adverbials has no impact on sentence structure. B) Fronted adverbials can only be used in complex sentences. C) Fronted adverbials can add variety and complexity to the sentence structure. D) Fronted adverbials make sentences more repetitive and simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fronted adverbials can add variety and complexity to the sentence structure. 21. Choose the correct sentence with a fronted adverbial. A) The stars twinkled in the night sky. B) In the night sky, the stars twinkled. C) The stars, in the night sky twinkled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the night sky, the stars twinkled. 22. Which adverbial has been used in this sentence?Beside the lake, the alien sat down to rest? A) Adverbial of time. B) Adverbial of manner. C) Adverbial of place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverbial of place. 23. What does the fronted adverbial tell you?Sadly, the ducks swam away. A) Where. B) Why. C) Manner. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner. 24. Which part of this sentence is the fronted adverbials?On Tuesday, I went to the shops. A) I went to the shops. B) I went. C) On Tuesday. D) Shops. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On Tuesday. 25. Which sentence contains a fronted adverbial? A) The rain poured heavily. B) Heavily, the rain poured. C) The rain, heavily poured. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavily, the rain poured. 26. Which of the following is a fronted adverbial? A) Quickly B) Ran C) Happy A) D) Suddenly. B) F) Jumped. C) A) Quickly. D) E) Quietly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A) Quickly. 27. Rewrite the sentence with a fronted adverbial:The dog barked loudly in the middle of the night. A) The dog barked loudly, in the middle of the night. B) Loudly, in the middle of the night, the dog barked. C) In the middle of the night, the dog barked loudly. D) The dog, loudly, in the middle of the night, barked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the middle of the night, the dog barked loudly. 28. What makes an adverbial a fronted adverbial? A) I goes anywhere in the sentence. B) It uses a preposition. C) It talks about where the action happens. D) It starts the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It starts the sentence. 29. With a smiling face, he accepted the prize. A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 30. After which word should the comma be placed in this sentence? After we had finished we were allowed outside to play. A) Finished. B) Were. C) Had. D) Outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 31. Which adverbial has been used in this sentence?The alien wanted to climb the fiery volcano. A) Adverbial of time. B) Adverbial ofplace. C) Adverbial ofmanner. D) None-there is no adverbial in this sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None-there is no adverbial in this sentence. 32. True of false:A fronted adverbial goes after the verb. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. Rewrite this sentence so it has a fronted adverbial:The woman wrapped her presents, quickly and carefully. A) Presents were wrapped, quickly and carefully by the woman. B) The woman wrapped her presents quickly and carefully. C) Quickly and carefully, the woman wrapped her presents. D) The woman wrapped her presents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quickly and carefully, the woman wrapped her presents. 34. How do fronted adverbials add detail to a sentence? A) By adding more adjectives to the sentence. B) By providing information about when, where, how, or to what degree an action is taking place. C) By changing the tense of the verb. D) By removing unnecessary words from the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By providing information about when, where, how, or to what degree an action is taking place. 35. John went for a swim in the afternoon. A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When. 36. Which of these does NOT have a fronted adverbial? A) Golem snored loudly. B) Quietly, Golem hid near a wall. C) Outside, it was foggy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golem snored loudly. 37. Choose the sentence with the correct use of a comma. A) Quickly the dog ran to its owner. B) Quickly, the dog ran to its owner. C) The dog quickly, ran to its owner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quickly, the dog ran to its owner. 38. Below the crashing waves, the deadly shark swam looking for prey A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where. 39. What is the fronted adverbial describing in the sentence:Before she could blink, the growing monster towered above her. A) Time (When). B) Degree (How possible/ How much). C) Place (Where). D) Manner (How). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time (When). 40. Which of these sentences has a fronted adverbial? A) I went to the park after lunch. B) I went to the park. C) At lunch, I went to the park. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At lunch, I went to the park. 41. Why do we use commas with fronted adverbials? A) To show who is speaking. B) To end the sentence. C) To show that you have asked a question. D) To separate clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To separate clauses. 42. What type of fronted adverbial is use in this sentence?:As quick as a flash, the sky turned dark. A) Time. B) Frequency. C) Place. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manner. 43. Create a sentence with a fronted adverbial that shows place. A) Quickly, the car drove down the street. B) In the park, the children played happily. C) At the store, I bought some groceries. D) The cat slept peacefully in the bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the park, the children played happily. 44. Why do we use a comma after a fronted adverbial? A) To separate it from the main clause. B) To end the sentence. C) To show excitement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To separate it from the main clause. 45. Rewrite this sentence to start with a fronted adverbial:'The cat slept on the mat.' A) The mat was slept on by the cat. B) The cat slept on the floor. C) On the floor, the cat slept. D) On the mat, the cat slept. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On the mat, the cat slept. 46. When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of heels called out to her.What is being personified? A) Shiny. B) The store. C) Adele. D) High heels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High heels. 47. With great excitement, Elliot played football with his friends. A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 48. At the hospital, the nurse was very busy helping all patients. A) When. B) How. C) Where. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Where. 49. What kind of fronted adverbial has been used in this sentence? While I was listening, Alex tried to distract me. A) Fronted adverbial of time. B) Fronted adverbial of place. C) Fronted adverbial of manner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fronted adverbial of time. 50. Which adverbial is used in this sentence?As the sun rose, the aliens set off for work. A) Adverbial ofmanner. B) Adverbial of time. C) Adverbial of place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial of time. 51. True or False?At some point tomorrow, we will start to plan our very own stories with an imaginary setting:) A) True:). B) False:(. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True:). 52. What type of word or phrase gives more information to a sentence? A) Pronoun. B) Adverbial. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverbial. 53. What is the fronted adverbial describing in the sentence:Presently, I left the garden to investigate the noise over the wall. A) Manner (How). B) Time (When). C) Place (Where). D) Degree (How possible/ How much). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time (When). 54. Identify the fronted adverbial in the following passage:'With great excitement, she opened the present.' A) Great excitement. B) With a big smile. C) With great excitement. D) She opened the present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With great excitement. 55. Which is the fronted adverbial in the sentence:With a great shock, I received the news that I was being let go from my job. A) From my job. B) With a great shock. C) I was being let go. D) I received the news. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) With a great shock. 56. When the show ends, we're getting dinner. A) Where. B) How. C) When. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When. 57. What does the fronted adverbial tell you?On the moon, there was a tiny green alien. A) Where. B) How. C) Why. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where. 58. What is the purpose of using fronted adverbials in writing? A) To add variety and detail to writing, as well as to set the scene or provide context for the main clause. B) To add unnecessary length to the sentences. C) To make the writing less interesting. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To add variety and detail to writing, as well as to set the scene or provide context for the main clause. 59. Which one of these are a fronted adverbial? A) Happy. B) Mysteriously. C) Leon. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mysteriously. 60. Which of these sentences does NOT contain a fronted adverbial? A) Along the quiet street, she walked peacefully. B) Before the rain started, they hurried inside. C) She walked peacefully along the quiet street. D) On the top of the hill, the old house stood proudly. 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