This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Clauses > Adverbial Clauses – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Adverbial Clauses Quiz 33 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Decide if 'after the movie ended' is a clause or not a clause. A) Clause. B) Not a clause. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clause. 2. I'll invite the Thompsons to the potluck dinner the next time I ..... them A) See. B) Will see. C) Will have seen. D) Have seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) See. 3. Identify the clause in parenthesis, and clarify what word it modifies.My friend and I went to see the movie (that everyone has been raving about). A) Adjective phrase (describing see). B) Adjective phrase (describing movie). C) Adverb phrase (describing went). D) Adverb phrase (describing see). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective phrase (describing movie). 4. Which sentence places the comma correctly? A) When Mylee comes to school, we will celebrate her birthday. B) We will celebrate Mylee's birthday, when she comes to school. C) We will celebrate Mylee's birthday when, she comes to school. D) When Mylee comes to school we will celebrate her birthday. (No comma needed). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When Mylee comes to school, we will celebrate her birthday. 5. Change the adverb clauses to adverb phrases if possible. While Sam was driving to work in the rain, his car got a flat tire. A) While driving to work in the rain, Sam's car got a flat tire. B) While driving to work in the rain, his car got a flat tire. C) Sam was driving to work in the rain, getting a flat tire. D) No Correct Answer-No Change Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) While driving to work in the rain, Sam's car got a flat tire. 6. A dependent clause that tells when, where, why, how, or under what condition the action takes place in a sentence is known as A) An adjective clause. B) An appositive phrase. C) An adverb clause. D) An absolute phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adverb clause. 7. We will go to the game ..... A) Friday. B) Even if it rains. C) Sometime. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Even if it rains. 8. While some students played basketball, others played football. A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adverb. 9. We have to follow more than ten stages ..... we can make a simple conical hat A) When. B) In order to. C) Because. D) So that. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So that. 10. I haven't seen him ..... he left this morning. A) Since. B) After. C) Before. D) While. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Since. 11. People who reverse the letters of words ..... to read suffers from dyslexia. A) If they tried. B) When trying. C) When tried. D) If he tries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When trying. 12. Identify the noun or pronoun the clause is modifying:My dog, who loves ice cream, got a treat too. A) Treat. B) Dog. C) Who. D) Ice cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dog. 13. Identify the key word:Once they saw the car coming, the birds flew away from the road. A) Coming. B) Road. C) Away. D) Once. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Once. 14. Mr Brown will have worked at this school for 32 years ..... A) By the time he retires. B) As soon as he had retired. C) When he retired. D) After he had retired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By the time he retires. 15. He buys something wherever he goes. A) Reasons. B) Purpose. C) Conditions. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place. 16. I ..... my best friend since she was ten years old. A) Know. B) Knew. C) Have known. D) Had known. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have known. 17. Rewrite the following sentence with the introductory adverb clause punctuated correctly:'After the game was over the team celebrated their victory.' A) After the game was over the team celebrated their victory. B) After the game was over; the team celebrated their victory. C) After the game was over, the team celebrated their victory. D) After the game was over, the team celebrated, their victory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the game was over, the team celebrated their victory. 18. I find it difficult to remember my appointments unless I put a reminder on my smartphone. A) If I don't put a reminder on my smartphone, I find it difficult to remember my appointments. B) If I don't put a reminder on my smartphone, I don't find it difficult to remember my appointments. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If I don't put a reminder on my smartphone, I find it difficult to remember my appointments. 19. ..... we started early, we were the last to arrive. A) Although. B) Because. C) Since. D) Despite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although. 20. Identify the function of the clause: "that time you got in trouble" in the sentence: "I don't like hearing about that time you got in trouble." A) The clause functions as the subject of the sentence. B) The clause functions as the object of a preposition. C) The clause functions as an adverbial clause. D) The clause functions as a direct object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The clause functions as the object of a preposition. 21. ..... the horrible tsunami, there were no dead. A) Due to. B) In spite of. C) When. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In spite of. 22. You will continue to put on weight ..... you start to eat less junk food. A) Unless. B) While. C) As long as. D) Until. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unless. 23. ..... my friend arrived, we went to the mall. A) Before. B) After. C) While. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 24. Because she was late, she didn't get tickets for the show. A) Having be late, she didn't get tickets for the show. B) Being late, she didn't get tickets for the show. C) Was late, she didn't get tickets for the show. D) Being lated, she didn't get tickets for the show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being late, she didn't get tickets for the show. 25. ..... , I discovered that my stereo had been stolen. A) On that looking into my car. B) When I look into my car. C) Looking into my car when I. D) On looking into my car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On looking into my car. 26. Exercise 2:Identifying What Adverb Clauses ModifyIdentify the word being modified by the Adverb Clause. 20. To talk after you are told to stop is to risk punishment A) To talk. B) Talk. C) Is. D) Punishment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To talk. 27. Exercise 2:Identifying What Adverb Clauses ModifyIdentify the word being modified by the Adverb Clause. 18. The man, straining as he lifted the piano, injured his back. A) Man. B) Straining. C) Injured. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Straining. 28. Exercise 2:Identifying What Adverb Clauses ModifyIdentify the word being modified by the Adverb Clause.14. To discuss problems whenever they arise is a good policy. A) To discuss. B) To discuss problems. C) Problems. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To discuss problems. 29. You won't be a champion ..... you practice regularly. A) Unless. B) Since. C) Even though. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unless. 30. My father usually wears formal clothes ..... he is working in a bank. A) So that. B) Wherever. C) Since. D) If. 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