Adverb Clause

1. Small sailboats can easily capsize ______ they are not handled carefully.

• (A) but

• (B) which

• (C) if

• (D) so

2. ___________ they are tropical birds, parrots can live in temperate or even cold climates.

• (A) Despite

• (B) Even though

• (C) Nevertheless

• (D) But

3. ________ added to a liquid, antifreeze lowers the freezing temperature of that liquid.

• (A) That

• (B) As is

• (C) It is

• (D) When

4. ________ advertising is so widespread in the United States, it has had an enormous effect on American

life.

• (A) Why

• (B) The reason

• (C) On account of

• (D) Since

5. ________ towards shore, its shape is changed by its collision with the shallow sea bottom.

• (A) During a wave rolls

• (B) As a wave rolls

• (C) A wave rolls

• (D) A wave's rolling

6. ________ are increasingly linked over long distances by electronic communications, but many of them still

prefer face-to-face encounters.

• (A) Although people

• (B) Despite people

• (C) Today people

• (D) The fact that people

7. ________ together in one place, they form a community.

• (A) When people who live

• (B) When people living

• (C) Whenever people live

• (D) Whenever living people

8. ________ managed by an independent governor and board of directors, the Bank of Canada is owned by

the Canadian government.

• (A) And yet

• (B) In spite of it

• (C) Although

• (D) It is

9. _______ pieces of rope are of different thickness, the weaver’s knot can be used to join them.

• (A) Two of

• (B) What two

• (C) Two such

• (D) If two

10. _________ the seeds of the Kentucky coffee plant are poisonous.

• (A) Until they have been cooked

• (B) Cooking them

• (C) They have been cooked

• (D) Cooked until