Reduced Adverb Clauses

While ___ work, I saw an old friend of mine.

• I walking home from

• walking home from

• walked home from

• walking home work

Before ___, I brushed my teeth.

• left my house

• I leaving my house

• leaving my house

• my house leaving

I feel asleep ___ TV.

• while I watch

• while watching

• while watched

• during I was watching

While ___ about adverb clauses, a mild earthquake shook the classroom.

• the teacher lecturing

• the teacher was lecturing

• lecturing

• lectured

___, a dog chased us down the street

• While running

• While we were running

• We were running while

• While running we were

Since ___ to San Bernardino, Yih-Ping has made many friends.

• coming

• come

• she coming

• she comes to

Peter went back to school ___ the phone.

• after John calling him on

• John had called him on

• after John had called him on

• after John had called him

___ yesterday, we saw many deer.

• While we hiking through the woods

• Hiking through the woods

• During hiking through the woods

• Hiking through the woods we

___ the necessary qualifications, she was not hired for a job.

• Lacked

• When lacking

• Lacking

• Because lacking

Unable to run the entire 42 kilometers, she decided to drop out of the race, ___ her a heat stroke.

• the fatigue from the intense heat almost gave

• the fatigue from the intense heat having almost given

• which the fatigue from the intense heat having almost given

• the fatigue from the intense heat had almost given