Adverb Clauses
Practice 1
1. Susan, tears streaming, was out of the control room like a shot when it was over.
2. Finally he huddled by a fallen log, removed one boot, and rubbed his swollen ankle while he
gained his breath.
3. When he got back into town, he would have to go on distributing his bundle of papers before he
went home to supper.
4. When the sun set, he crouched by the path and cooked a small supper and listened to the fire
while he put the food in his mouth and chewed thoughtfully.
5. When kernel-picking time came, before it was dark each day, the boy or the father took a
hammer with a homemade handle, went to the flat rock, and cracked as many walnuts as could
be kerneled in a night.
6. Her face, as she stepped into the light, was round and thick, and her eyes were like two
immense eggs stuck into a white mess of bread dough.
7. When the seal was dead, the bear attended first to herself, getting rid of the wet from her coat
before it could freeze, although oil had kept off the frost so far.
8. One autumn night, when the first heavy rains were falling and a cold wind whistled through
the valley, a knock came at the minister’s door, and opening it he found and Indian boy, ragged,
hungry, and footsore, who begged for food and shelter.
Practice 2
1. After he jumped toward the edge of the rim, he slam-dunked with his left hand, the best left
hand in professional basketball.
2. Although she had the fewest years of piano lessons among the contestants, she walked away
with the trophy for first place, a golden statue in the shape of a piano.
Practice 3
1. Tabitha’s favorite activity, after she started up her computer, was on the Internet.
2. After the beast’s heart was transformed and in complete love with Belle, he changed magically
back into the handsome prince of his past and in quick time dazzled everyone he greeted.
3. Although the Barbie doll was almost legless from so much play, Kylie used to walk her doll
exclusively in the morning, because her doll was just up from her night’s sleep.
4. In the game’s last seconds after the winning pass to Brennan, as the thunderous cheering rose
to a gadzillion decibels, his proud dad jumped up to sing the fight song of the team, the
winners.