Adverbial Clauses

He won’t go to university ___________ he studies very hard.

• unless

• if

• both are correct

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Tick the sentence that does NOT contain an adverbial clause

• Global warming will not slow down unless governments take serious action soon.

• The piano, which was my grandfather’s favorite, did not fit into the new apartment.

• Turn the TV off so that we can eat our dinner.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

I will keep studying hard ___________ I pass the exam.

• because

• wherever

• until

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Tick the sentence that contains a reason clause

• Gemma hasn’t stopped working since she arrived.

• As it was so sunny, he walked to the park.

• I only watch TV if my favorite show is on.

True or False.
An adverbial clause can NOT stand alone.

• True

• False
  False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Someone ringed him ___ he was taking a shower.

• as

• so that

• where

• when

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Identify the adverbial clause in the following sentence: "I knew that I had come face to face with someone whose mere personalist was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself."

• I knew that I had come face to face with someone whose mere personalist was so fascinating that

• if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature

• my very art itself

• my whole soul

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

Identify the adverbial clause in the following sentence: "When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen."

• When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite manor to live with her uncle

• everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child

• ever seen

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

___ she finished the project, she submitted it to his teacher.

• While

• Because

• As soon as

• So that

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

The flight was an ordeal for me ___ I am afraid of flying.

• so that

• since

• though

• while

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E