Name the Subordinate
Adverb Clauses of Time
Is the Reduced Adverb Clause Correct?
Reduce the adverb clause
Conditionals
100
What type of adverb clause is being used in the following sentence: When I go to the dining hall, I like to eat the stir fry.
Adverb Time Clause
100
Change the two sentences below into one sentence, using the adverb clauses of time: I have not been to Paris for many years. I was in Paris when I was eight years old.
What is I have not been to Paris since I was eight years old.
100
Arresting at one pm on a Saturday, Gigi was in the local jail for nine days.
What is: Incorrect. Arrested (passive tense)
100
I love eating when I am feeling hungry.
What is: I love eating when feeling hungry.
100
What type of conditional sentence is this? (True, untrue, present, future, past?) If you were here, I would give you a big hug.
What is: untrue in the present (2nd cond)
200
What type of adverb clause is being used in the following sentence: Since I am allergic to peanuts, I cannot eat peanut butter.
What is a Reason or Cause/Effect Clause
200
Change the two sentences below into one sentence, using an adverb clause of time: The police beat the door to the ground. I began to run.
What is As soon as the police beat the door to the ground, I began to run.
200
Although understanding algebra, the math test was very difficult for Harold and his brother Pete.
What is: Incorrect. Wrong subject.
200
Before you choose a college, you should always consider that UNH is the cheapest option for NH residents.
What is: Before choosing a college, you should always consider that UNH is the cheapest option for NH residents.
200
What type of conditional sentence is this? (true, untrue, present, future, past): It seems like the students at the university are getting smarter every year. In the past, if we had 60 students that had perfect SAT scores, we celebrated. Now we have 200.
What is: True in the past.
300
What type of adverb clause is being used in the following sentence: Gina loves to go out to eat every Friday night at a very expensive restaurant although she does not have much money.
What is a Concession Clause (Unexpected Result)
300
Change the two sentences below into one sentence, using an adverb clause of time: They went to the mall, and Kim and Tina played in the Arcade. At the same time, Joe and Paul looked around the bookstore.
What is: They went to the mall, and while Kim and Tina played in the arcade, Joe and Paul looked around the bookstore.
300
Wearing a big down coat, scarf, mittens and wool hat, the old man perspired heavily on the cross-town bus.
What is: correct
300
As Mamacita got used to living in the USA, she gradually became less homesick
What is: Getting used to living in the USA, Mamacita gradually became less homesick
300
What type of conditional sentence is this? (true, untrue, present, future, past): Yesterday, I got into a bad car accident. I am now in a body cast at the hospital. If I hadn't been texting, I wouldn't have swerved off the highway.
What is: Untrue in the past
400
What type of adverb clause is being used in the following sentence: Now that Donald Trump is president and aliens have taken over the White House, I am moving to Canada.
What is a Reason/Cause and Effect Clause.
400
Change the two sentences to one sentence, using an adverb clause of time: Cosmetologists spend about 250 hours learning how to cut hair in school. They can open their own shop, or go to work at an existing one.
What is: After cosmetologists spend about 250 hours learning how to cut hair in school, they can open their own shop, or go to work at an existing one.
400
Her mother was crying and shouting hysterically because having forgotten to pick up the dry cleaning.
What is: Incorrect. Remove because.
400
Since my family has a long history of cancer, they get screened every year.
What is: Having a long history of cancer, my family gets screened every year.
400
Create a conditional sentence for this situation: You are good at math, and your best friend, Cindy, is good at English. You want to take Cindy's math test, and you want Cindy to take your TOEFL test. Unfortunately, the security at the tests is very high, so it will be impossible.
What is: If the security at the test weren't so high, I could take Cindy's math test, and Cindy could take my TOEFL test.
500
What type of adverb clause is being used in the following sentence: Kobe Bryant, who just retired from basketball, liked to play ball wherever there was a court, ball, and net.
What is a place clause.
500
Change the two sentences below to one sentence, using an adverb clause of time: He was my best friend. Then he stole my girlfriend, so now he is my enemy.
What is: He was my best friend until he stole my girlfriend, so now he is my enemy.
500
Experiencing severe pain in her right leg, Jill wanted to run in the marathon on Sunday.
What is: Incorrect. Not an adverb clause -- an adjective clause
500
Since it appeared in 1969, Peter and the Wolf, a kid's musical, has won nine Grammy awards.
What is: Since appearing in 1969, Peter and the Wolf, a kid's musical, has won nine Grammy awards.
500
Create the correct Conditional sentence for this situation: Usually on Saturdays, my big, extended family gets together for a bbq in the park. My aunt always makes jello pops, and my cousin always makes the best hamburgers.
What is: If (when) my family gets together for a bbq in the park on Saturdays, my aunt makes jello pops, and my cousin makes the best hamburgers.
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