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Adverb Clauses

 

Directions: Underline the adverb clauses. If there are no adverb clauses, write NC (no clause).

 

1. After seeing the devastation, the president declared it a disaster area.

 

2. Bring the equipment when you come to school tomorrow.

 

3. If you don’t study, you will undoubtedly fail.

 

4. We will be fine once we decide a course of action.

 

5. Don’t talk while I am studying.

 

6. No matter how hard we tried, we never beat that team.

 

7. It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it is how you play the game.

 

8. I will go on vacation even though it means working overtime for a month.

 

9. You will have to wait until six o’clock unless you plan on going alone.

 

10. Although he seemed prepared, he didn’t finish the race.

 

11. He used to stay out late, whereas now he rarely goes out at all.

 

12. Bring the laundry in if it starts to rain.

 

13. Though tired, my mother still baked the cake.

 

14. Since you don’t believe me, I will never trust you again.

 

15. He buried the treasure where three trees form a triangle.

 

16. Bring an umbrella in case it rains.

 

17. We put up a barrier so that the puppy wouldn’t fall down the stairs.

 

18. If you don’t like the movie, why don’t you just leave.

 

19. Although we followed the directions, somehow the cake turned out flat.

 

20. When you are finished with these sentences, you should recognize adverb clauses.