Adverb Clauses Worksheet #1
Directions: Underline the adverb clause in each of the following sentences.
1. I enjoy summer because I have so much time off.
2. As the days go by, I find myself becoming more and more tanned.
3. With not much to do, I usually sleep in later.
4. My friends run around as though they have urgent matters to attend to.
5. The pool is wonderful as long as the water is not too cold.
6. I liked the baby pool until I realized that it was suspiciously warm!
7. All of the children like to play when their friends are with them.
8. Whatever they do, they seem to have fun!
9. Since summer is short, I try to make the best of everything.
10. Even though I have fun, I do look forward to school.
11. I get excited when school starts since it is a new year.
12. As long as there are not too many papers, I am happy.
13. Whenever we have a quiz, I am nervous that I will make a mistake.
14. You don’t know how hard a class is until you have to take it.
15. Although I love summer, I enjoy school as well.
16. Some students don’t want summer to end because they love the weather.
17. My kids want summer to begin as soon as possible so that they can swim.
18. If there weren’t such horrible humidity, summer would be my favorite season.
19. I didn’t know that
20. After I experienced a
Adverb Clauses Worksheet #2
Directions: Underline the adverb clause in each of the following sentences.
1. English is my favorite subject because it gives people a chance to be creative.
2. Although I love English now, there was a time I didn’t.
3. When I was in high school, I thought my teachers gave too much work.
4. I didn’t realize how difficult it was to teach English until I got a job as an English teacher.
5. I don’t mind doing the paperwork as long as my students do their best.
6. Sometimes I get frustrated when I think no one is listening!
7. As the years go by, I become more and more comfortable with the language.
8. Whatever happens with teaching, at least it’s not boring!
9. I want all of my students to be successful even though some of them don’t seem to care.
10. I wish everyone could love English as much as I do.
11. If I didn’t have to grade papers, this would be a perfect job!
12. As long as there is no extra talking, I am happy.
13. Whenever someone turns in a paper with “fringes,” I get upset.
14. You don’t know what it’s like to teach until you try.
15. Although many jobs pay better, I love to teach.
16. Unless my students are being very loud, I tend to like them.
17. I try not to fail any student until they prove they will not do any work.
18. If I didn’t like students, this would not be a very interesting job.
19. As far as I am concerned, most of my students are very trustworthy.
20. When I think of my students graduating, I begin to miss them already.
Adverb Clauses Worksheet #3
Directions: Underline the adverb clause
1. After Labor Day weekend is over there are very few holidays.
2. I don’t think I have another holiday until Thanksgiving is here.
3. Because the festivities are wonderful Christmas is one of my favorite holidays.
4. Although it can be very cold Christmas is exciting.
5. I love it when my family gets together.
6. We play until the sun comes up!
7. As long as no one gets mad fun is had by all of us.
8. Even though I never know what I’m going to get I always know it will be good!
9. Alyssa and Jenni can never wait until we open gifts.
10. Although Jenni is much older than Alyssa I think she is as anxious as any kid!
11. When Jenni and I were little we used to fight over who got to put the angel on the tree.
12. As the years go by Christmas means more and more to me.
13. I love to watch my children open their gifts after we get home.
14. They can hardly wait until they get to rip into the paper!
15. As much as I like my own gifts, I like to watch other people more.
16. If my kids didn’t like their presents, I would be so disappointed.
17. I think that my kids act even happier because they want to make me happy.
18. When Christmas is over, I can’t wait for Easter.
19. I like it when my family can get together.
20. As long as everyone is gathered, it feels like a wonderful holiday!
Adverb Clauses Worksheet # 4
Directions: Underline the adverb clause in each sentence.
1. Whenever teacher Diane Gillson says “Rei!” to her students, they stand, bow slightly, and respond, “Konnichiwa.”
2. This daily ritual occurs as they begin their class in Japanese.
3. They work hard at it until they have learned the forty-six basic katakana characters.
4. As if that weren’t enough to learn, the language also includes Chinese characters.
5. If learning English as a foreign language seems difficult, picture Japanese characters.
6. American students taking Japanese more than doubled in the 1980’s, even though teachers of Japanese were scarce.
7. Although Japanese is studied by under 25,000 people, it is now the seventh most popular language in the
8. Though you might expect students to show interest, many adults are learning.
9. Wherever Japanese is taught, people are learning to read and speak the language.
10. If you decide to learn Japanese, find a good school and be prepared to study hard.
11. Even though it seems difficult or impossible, humans have long tried to make rain.
12. When an ancient rainmaker cast a spell, people could not always count on rain.
13. Recent “pluviologists” have proved no better than the ancient rainmakers were.
14. One rainmaker was almost lynched because he “caused” a twenty-inch rain.
15. Until Vincent Schaefer had a happy accident, rainmaking remained a hoax.
16. Seeding clouds so that drops of water would form had been tried by scientists.
17. Would seeding work if the temperature of the clouds was below freezing?
18. After Schaefer tried out this idea, he succeeded.
19. One day, as he was putting a block of dry ice into the freezer, Schaefer exhaled.
20. Soon his improvised laboratory looked as if a miniature snowstorm was in progress.
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