Grammar - Adverbial Clause

The exhausted student dozed peacefully while his teacher gave him a demerit.

What word does the clause modify?

• teacher

• student

• dozed

• peacefully

An adverbial clause always has a ______ and a _______.

• subject and adverb

• subject and verb

• adverb and conjunction

• verb and adjective

The student sprinted down the hall because he heard the late bell.

What is the adverb clause in the sentence?

• The student sprinted down the hall

• because he heard the late bell

• down the hall

• he heard the late bell

The alert driver's eyes widened as she saw the dog dash into the middle of the street.

What word does the adverb clause modify?

• widened

• eye

• dash

• street

Which one of the following is NOT a question that an adverb clause answers?

• Where

• When

• How

• Whose

Dancers spend hours stretching since they need to be flexible.

What is the adverb clause?

• they need to be flexible

• Dancers spend hours stretching

• since they need to be flexible

• spend hours since they need

True or False.

An adverb clause is always at the beginning of the sentence.

• True

• False

A dependent clause and an independent clause in a sentence is called a _________

sentence.

• compound

• simple

• complex

Some of the subordinate conjunctions can also be _______________.

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• prepositions

Which one of the following is NOT a subordinating conjunction?

• how

• when

• whereas

• because