adverb clause exercise 1

Adverb Clause: Exercise 1

Activity I
Directions: Supply in each blank a subordinate conjunction chosen from the following list.

1.A: What a perfectly lovely apartment!
B: Thank you, we really do love it. _______________ we looked at this place—just last year at this time, in fact—we rented it immediately._________ we saw the view of Honolulu and the Pacific Ocean, we just had to have it. Also, ___________ we are on the fortieth floor, we don’t have to worry about insects; they don’t come up this high. In addition,_______ we are so high up, we don’t get much noise from the street.
A: It’s just so nice. Everything looks just perfect.
B: Well, not everything. __________it rains, for example, the doors leading out to the terrace always leak. And,_____________________the building is only four years old, the air conditioning is always breaking down.________________we have complained and complained, nothing has been done about it yet.

2.A: How’s the situation in your native country now?
B: Fortunately, things are getting a bit better, but we have a long, long way to go. This industrial growth of the nation, for example, has been fantastic,______the agricultural sector has gone into a serious decline. ________ life in the country has improved a great deal in recent years, people still want to come to live in the big cities._____they are leaving the country side, there are not enough people to work on the farms. Worst of all, _______ the present government came into power ten years ago, there has been a tremendous amount of corruption.

3.A:__________________the female lion is energetic and active, the male is relatively lazy and passive.
B: The peacock is one of the most beautiful of all birds, _____the peahen is a rather plain-looking bird.

4.A: You don’t seem to expect a great deal out of life. You just take things__________they come, don’t you?
B: Isn’t that the best way?____________I have a place to hang my hat, I’m happy. ___________I have gotten older, I think this is the best philosophy to have.

5.A: Why do you say your husband is lazy?
B: Listen, we’re both lazy.___________our garden looks like a jungle, and our house is a mess, we just sit around and take it easy. However, _________ we must be two of the laziest people in the world, we still love each other very much. __________we have one another, we’ll be happy.

Adverb Clauses

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