This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Sentence Structure > Fronted Adverbials – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fronted Adverbials Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How can fronted adverbials improve the overall quality of writing? A) By limiting the creativity and expression in writing. B) By making the writing more confusing and difficult to understand. C) By causing the reader to lose interest and become bored. D) By adding variety and sophistication to sentence structure, providing context and setting the scene, and creating a smooth flow of ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By adding variety and sophistication to sentence structure, providing context and setting the scene, and creating a smooth flow of ideas. 2. Which sentence uses a fronted adverbial to describe time? A) In the morning, the birds sang melodiously. B) With great enthusiasm, the team cheered loudly. C) Across the meadow, the deer ran gracefully. D) Beneath the stars, they set up their tents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the morning, the birds sang melodiously. 3. Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence below:By the sparkling river, the family enjoyed a picnic. A) The family enjoyed. B) A picnic. C) By the sparkling river. D) The family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the sparkling river. 4. What is the fronted adverbial describing in the sentence:In the entire kingdom, I am the only one entrusted to care for the golden apple tree. A) Time (When). B) Place (Where). C) Manner (How). D) Degree (How possible/ How much). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place (Where). 5. Re-write the sentence with a fronted adverbial:I broke a cup yesterday. A) Yesterday, I broke a cup. B) A cup broke yesterday. C) I yesterday broke a cup. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday, I broke a cup. 6. Choose the fronted adverbial in the sentence:'Before the concert, we practiced for hours.' A) Before B) Concert C) Practiced A) We. B) During. C) A. D) Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 7. Which is the fronted adverbial in the sentence:As you can see, I am the only one who can tend this garden so carefully. A) Carefully. B) I am the only one. C) As you can see. D) Tend this garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As you can see. 8. What is the fronted adverbial describing in the sentence:Certainly, the honourable Tsar will be disappointed to learn I have retired. A) Time (When). B) Place (Where). C) Manner (How). D) Degree (How possible/ How much). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Degree (How possible/ How much). 9. What are things we put after Fronted Adverbial? A) Comma. B) Dash. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 10. Create a sentence using the fronted adverbial "During the storm" . A) During the storm, the lights flickered. B) The lights flickered during the storm. C) The lights, during the storm flickered. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the storm, the lights flickered. 11. Create a sentence with a fronted adverbial that shows time. A) During the weekend, they played soccer. B) Tomorrow, I will eat lunch. C) In the evening, she will go for a walk. D) Yesterday, I went to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yesterday, I went to the store. 12. Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence:'After the movie, we went out for dinner.' A) During the movie. B) Before the movie. C) After the movie. D) At the movie theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the movie. 13. Differentiate between a time adverbial and a manner adverbial with examples. A) Time adverbial:'slowly'; Manner adverbial:'now'. B) Time adverbial:'later'; Manner adverbial:'happily'. C) Time adverbial:'tomorrow'; Manner adverbial:'beautifully'. D) Time adverbial:'quickly'; Manner adverbial:'yesterday'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time adverbial:'tomorrow'; Manner adverbial:'beautifully'. 14. Without a warning, the fire started spreading. A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 15. Which is the best definition of an adverbial? A) It is a persuasive device. B) It tells us who the sentence is about. C) It gives more information about a verb. D) It describes an expanded noun phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It gives more information about a verb. 16. What effect does using fronted adverbials have on the flow of writing? A) It slows down the flow of writing by adding unnecessary details. B) It has no effect on the flow of writing. C) It disrupts the flow of writing by making the sentences too complex. D) It improves the flow of writing by adding variety and emphasis to the sentence structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It improves the flow of writing by adding variety and emphasis to the sentence structure. 17. Explain the purpose of the fronted adverbial in this sentence: "Under the tree, the children played." A) It tells us where the children played. B) It tells us when the children played. C) It tells us how the children played. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It tells us where the children played. 18. What does the fronted adverbial tell you?Angrily, the boy stomped up the stairs. A) Where. B) When. C) Manner. D) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner. 19. Where can fronted adverbials be placed in a sentence for variety? A) At the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. B) In the middle and at the end of a sentence. C) Only at the end of a sentence. D) At the beginning and middle of a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. 20. They lived happily ever after. A) When. B) Where. C) How. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How. 21. What is the fronted adverbial describing in the sentence:Suspiciously, I was fired from my job right when my boss' son became old enough to take it over. A) Time (When). B) Place (Where). C) Manner (How). D) Degree (How possible/ How much). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manner (How). 22. Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence: "With a loud bang, the door slammed shut." A) With a loud bang. B) The door. C) Slammed shut. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With a loud bang. 23. Identify the fronted adverbial in the following passage:'In the distance, the mountains rose majestically.' A) The mountains rose majestically. B) In the distance,. C) In the sky. D) At the bottom of the valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the distance,. 24. What is the fronted adverbial in the sentence:'Under the bed, the cat hid during the thunderstorm.' A) The cat. B) Hid under the bed. C) Under the bed. D) During the thunderstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under the bed. 25. Which of the following is a fronted adverbial:'In the morning, I like to jog.' or 'I like to jog in the morning.'? A) I like to jog in the evening. B) I jog like to in the morning. C) In the morning, I like to jog. D) In the morning I jog like. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the morning, I like to jog. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesFronted Adverbials Quiz 1Fronted Adverbials Quiz 2Fronted Adverbials Quiz 3Fronted Adverbials Quiz 4Fronted Adverbials Quiz 5Fronted Adverbials Quiz 6Fronted Adverbials Quiz 7Fronted Adverbials Quiz 8Fronted Adverbials Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books