This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Fronted Adverbials – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fronted Adverbials Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. What do we call the last comma in a list before 'and'? A) The Oxford comma. B) The final comma. C) The joining comma. D) The list comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Oxford comma. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. How are fronted adverbials different from other types of adverbials? A) They always appear at the beginning of a sentence. B) They can appear at different places in a sentence. C) They are always followed by a comma. D) They only provide information about time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can appear at different places in a sentence. 6. What punctuation always follows a fronted adverbial? Tick 1 correct answer A) Apostrophe. B) Exclamation mark. C) Comma. D) Full stop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma. 7. Which punctuation mark is usually used after a fronted adverbial? A) Question mark. B) Comma. C) Exclamation mark. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comma. 8. 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: B) After the storm, the rainbow appeared. 9. Choose the fronted adverbial for 'when' to complete the sentence: ..... , the birds began to sing. A) Softly. B) In the tree. C) Every morning. D) Before sunrise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Before sunrise. 10. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With a big smile, she opened her present. 11. Which conjunction should be used to complete the sentence: "He didn't have a coat, (a) he felt cold." A) A. but. B) Because. C) So. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. but. 12. Choose the fronted adverbial for 'where' to complete the sentence: ..... , the children had a picnic. A) Every Sunday. B) Happily. C) After lunch. D) Under the old oak tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Under the old oak tree. 13. Contains real people and real pictures A) Fiction. B) Non-fiction. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-fiction. 14. Create a sentence using the fronted adverbial "In the afternoon" . A) In the afternoon, we have a picnic. B) We have a picnic in the afternoon. C) A picnic we have in the afternoon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the afternoon, we have a picnic. 15. What does misheard mean? A) Heard incorrectly. B) Heard before. C) Heard correctly. D) Heard again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard incorrectly. 16. What is the term for adverbials that appear at the beginning of a sentence? A) Fronted adverbials. B) Middle adverbials. C) Backward adverbials. D) End adverbials. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fronted adverbials. 17. WHat type of fronted adverbial is in this sentence?"As warm as a spring afternoon, the bed called me to sleep." A) Place. B) Manner. C) Time. D) Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manner. 18. Which fronted adverbial fits best in this sentence:' ..... , the dog barked loudly.' A) Barked. B) Suddenly. C) Loudly. D) The dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suddenly. 19. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma after the fronted adverbial:7. A. Before the bell, we lined up quietly. B. We lined up quietly before the bell. C. Before the bell we lined up quietly. A) Before the bell, we lined up quietly. B) We lined up quietly before the bell. C) Before the bell we lined up quietly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before the bell, we lined up quietly. 20. Which of these is a fronted adverbial in the sentence? "In the morning, they went for a walk." A) In the morning. B) They went for a walk. C) For a walk. D) They went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the morning. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFronted Adverbials Quiz 1Fronted Adverbials Quiz 2Fronted Adverbials Quiz 3Fronted Adverbials Quiz 4Fronted Adverbials Quiz 5Fronted Adverbials Quiz 6Adverbial Fronting With Inversion QuizAgreement Rules Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books