This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Fronted Adverbials – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fronted Adverbials Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Anxiously, I looked for my lost book. A) Manner. B) Degree. C) Place. D) Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manner. 2. Which of these adverbials could be used to replace then? A) Somewhere. B) After. C) Quietly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After. 3. How should a fronted adverbial be punctuated in a sentence? A) Exclamation mark. B) Question mark. C) Semicolon. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma. 4. A ..... usually comes after the FRONTED ADVERBIAL. A) Comma. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 5. Spot the fronted adverbial:Early on a Friday morning, Jack went for a jog through the park. A) Jack went. B) Early on a Friday morning,. C) For a jog. D) Through the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Early on a Friday morning,. 6. Which sentence demonstrates correct placement of a participle phrase? A) Shivering, Learta wrapped herself in a blanket. B) Learta, shivering wrapped herself in a blanket. C) Learta wrapped herself in a blanket shivering. D) Shivering Learta wrapped herself in a blanket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shivering, Learta wrapped herself in a blanket. 7. Spot the fronted adverbial:Although she was scared, Rosie watched the horror film. A) Although she was scared,. B) Rosie watched. C) The horror film. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Although she was scared,. 8. Without warning, it started to rain heavily. A) Degree. B) Time. C) Place. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manner. 9. In the sentence below, which word is a VERB?Before sunrise, Zane ate his breakfast. A) Before sunrise. B) Zane. C) Ate. D) Breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate. 10. Spot the fronted adverbial:Once upon a time, there lived a fiery dragon. A) There lived. B) A fiery dragon. C) Once upon a time,. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Once upon a time,. 11. Who made the beds on the peach? A) The silkworm. B) The grasshopper. C) Miss Spider. D) The Ladybird. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Miss Spider. 12. Before long, it began to rain so I reluctantly put my bike away in the shed and went back inside. A) Why. B) How. C) Where. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When. 13. Spot the fronted adverbial:Despite his cold, Bradley went swimming. A) Bradley. B) Despite his cold,. C) Went swimming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Despite his cold,. 14. Which of the following is not a fronted adverbial? a) On the other hand b) Under the table c) After the rain A) Before the sunrise. B) Under the table. C) On the ceiling. D) Inside the box. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Under the table. 15. Choose the sentence that uses a fronted adverbial with the correct comma placement. A) After lunch we played football in the park. B) After lunch, we played football in the park. C) We played football in the park after lunch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After lunch, we played football in the park. 16. Which of these is the fronted adverbial in the sentence:'Under the ground, she could feel the bugs moving around' A) Under the ground,. B) Bugs moving. C) She could feel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the ground,. 17. Which punctuation mark is commonly used to separate a fronted adverbial from the rest of the sentence? A) Semicolon. B) Question mark. C) Exclamation mark. D) Comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma. 18. Provide an example of a sentence with both contrast and comparison fronted adverbials. A) However, likewise, I hate swimming, and my sister loves it. B) On the other hand, similarly, I enjoy playing basketball, but my brother prefers soccer. C) In contrast, similarly, I prefer tea, but my friend likes coffee. D) On the other hand, in comparison, I dislike reading, and my classmate enjoys it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the other hand, similarly, I enjoy playing basketball, but my brother prefers soccer. 19. Which sentence starts with a fronted adverbial? A) The cat slept on the mat. B) On the mat, the cat slept. C) The cat, on the mat, slept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the mat, the cat slept. 20. Identify the fronted adverbial in the following sentence:'Quickly, she ran to catch the bus.' A) Quickly. B) Rapidly. C) Hastily. D) Swiftly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quickly. 21. In the blink of an eye, A) Manner (how). B) Time (when). C) Location (where). D) Possibility (chance). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manner (how). 22. Start a sentence with a comparison fronted adverbial:'Similarly to the previous project, ' A) Similarly to the previous project,. B) Different from the previous project,. C) In contrast to the previous project,. D) Just like the previous project,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similarly to the previous project,. 23. Angrily, the boy stomped up the stairs. A) Time (when). B) Location (where). C) Manner (how). D) Possibility (chance). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner (how). 24. In the morning, the birds began to tweet. A) Where. B) When. C) Manner. D) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 25. Down by the cliffs, it was very windy. A) Time. B) Place. C) Degree. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place. 26. Yesterday, I woke up and immediately ate my breakfast. A) Where. B) When. C) How. D) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 27. Choose the correctly punctuated adverbial in the sentence. A) Like a hungry, lion the boy gobbled up his meal. B) Like a hungry lion, the boy gobbled up his meal. C) Like, a hungry lion, the boy gobbled up his meal. D) I don't know which is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like a hungry, lion the boy gobbled up his meal. 28. Identify the fronted adverbial:'During the summer, we traveled to Spain.' A) We traveled to Spain during the summer. B) In the summer, we went to Spain. C) During the summer. D) Spain was our destination during the summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) During the summer. 29. In the sentence 'Before the sun rises, we must leave.', what is the fronted adverbial? A) Before the sun rises. B) While the sun rises. C) After the sun rises. D) During the sun rises. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before the sun rises. 30. Identify the purpose of the fronted adverbial:Beneath the crashing waves. the dolphins quickly swam. A) Time. B) Place. C) Frequency. D) Manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place. 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