Adverbial Quiz 1: - Ask A Tutor

Adverbial Quiz 1

Although the idea of distance learning has been around since at least 1873, the Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to the idea of social distancing

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1. Why is the comma added to the sentence?

A. It is not needed

B. to help the flow

C. to create a pause before the main clause.

D. The rules say so

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2. Does it contain a subordiate conjunction? If so, what is the subordinating conjunction?

A. Although

B. No

C. Yes

D. since

E. rise

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3. Does it contain a relative pronoun?

A. Yes

B. No

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4. What type of subordinate clause or clauses does it contain?

A. different

B. Adjective

C. Adverbial

D. noun

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5. What type of sentence is it?

A. Simple sentence

B. Compound/complex sentence

C. Complex sentence

D. Compound sentence

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6. What is the subordinate clause if any?

A. the idea of social distancing

B. since at least 1873

C. the Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to the idea of social distancing

D. Although the idea of distance learning has been around since at least 1873

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7. What is the main clause of the sentence?

A. the Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to the idea of social distancing

B. has been around since at least 1873

C. the idea of social distancing

D. Although the idea of distance learning has been around since at least 1873

Remember, the predicate is the action and all of the objects.

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8. What is the predicate of the subordinate clause? (Include all modifying phrases)

A. the Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to the idea of social distancing

B. has given rise to the idea of social distancing

C. since at least 1873

D. has been around since at least 1873

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9. What is the subject of the subordinate clause? (INclude all modifying phrases)

A. since at least 1873

B. the idea of distance learning

C. social distancing

D. the Covid-19 pandemic

The predicate is the action and the objects.

Subject/Predicate Pair

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10. What is the predicate of the main clause? (Include all the descriptive adjectives)

A. has given rise to the idea of social distancing

B. has been around since at least 1873

C. the Covid-19 pandemic

D. Although the idea of distance learning

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11. What is the subject of the main clause? (Add all the discriptive adjectives)

A. social distance learning

B. the idea

C. social distancing

D. the Covid-19 pandemic

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12. Are there any adjective phrases in the sentence? If so, how many?

A. 1

B. 3

C. 2

D. Yes

E. No

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