Adverbial Clauses Quiz 134 (25 MCQs)

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1. ..... in North American waterways a little over a decade ago, zebra mussels have already earned a nasty reputation for their expensive habit of clogging water pipes in the Great Lakes area.
2. Choose the sentence that matches the structure of the model: "The dog, because it was hungry, barked loudly."
3. ..... we had booked our flight earlier, it wouldn't have been cheaper.
4. What is a compound sentence?
5. Babies look at the world with innocence whereas adults look at it with experience.
6. If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
7. Because he was thirsty
8. ..... it was raining, they decided to go for a walk.
9. ..... earning a low salary, Sara helped her parents
10. In 1870, Calving, along with Adirondack hunter Alvah Dunning, made the first known ascent of Seward Mountain, ..... far from roads or trails.
11. Rewrite the following sentence with the adverb clause in the correct position:'After the storm passed, we went outside.'
12. What type of dependent clause is used in this sentence? Susan is happy when they play her favorite music at the salon.
13. You are not allowed to go out ..... you have done your homework.
14. After Ismael ..... his degree, he plans to seek employment in an engineering firm.
15. You will need an external memory card ..... your computer doesn't have enough memory.
16. What does an adverb modifies?
17. I'll wait ..... you finish.
18. I buy postcards whenever I travel to someplace new.
19. Which type of clause cannot stand alone and be a complete sentence and would be a fragment if alone?
20. I'd go to the cinema ..... my mother allows me to go
21. ..... he comes now, we will have some lunch.
22. She skipped lunch in order to ..... shopping.
23. This exam will be more difficult than usual in that it covers two chapters instead of one.
24. Identify the adverb clause in the following sentence: "She will call you when she gets home."
25. What are the common subordinating conjunctions used to introduce adverb clauses?