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. to help the flow

B. The rules say so

C. It is not needed

D. to create a pause before the main clause.

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

A. No

B. since

C. Yes

D. Although

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. Adjective

B. Adverbial

C. noun

D. different

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5. What type of sentence is it?

A. Simple sentence

B. Complex sentence

C. Compound/complex sentence

D. Compound sentence

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6. What is the subordinate clause if any?

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

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

C. the idea of social distancing

D. since at least 1873

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7. What is the main clause of the sentence?

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

B. has been around since at least 1873

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

D. the idea of social distancing

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. has given rise to the idea of social distancing

B. since at least 1873

C. has been around since at least 1873

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

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

A. social distancing

B. the Covid-19 pandemic

C. the idea of distance learning

D. since at least 1873

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. the Covid-19 pandemic

B. has given rise to the idea of social distancing

C. has been around since at least 1873

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. the Covid-19 pandemic

B. social distance learning

C. the idea

D. social distancing

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

A. 1

B. No

C. 3

D. 2

E. Yes

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