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Reduced Adverb Clauses - Active and Passive Meanings - Quiz 2

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  1. ___ epidemic, international health organizations are taking proactive preventative measures against the spread of this terminal disease.
    a. Recognize that Aids is a serious worldwide
    b. Recognized that Aids is a serious worldwide
    c. Recognizing that Aids is a serious worldwide
    d. Recognizing Aids a serious worldwide is

  2. By ___, medical doctors are using robotics during open heart surgery.
    a. using new technology developed by the National Space and Aeronautics Administration they are
    b. used new technology developed by the National Space and Aeronautics Administration
    c. using new technology developing by the National Space and Aeronautics Administration
    d. using new technology developed by the National Space and Aeronautics Administration

  3. When___ if he would support George W. Bush as the Republican nominee running for president of the U.S., the opposing candidate reluctantly said yes.
    a. asked
    b. he asked
    c. he was ask
    d. asking

  4. ___ talking to her English Grammar instructor, her friend, Masanori, was having lunch.
    a. While Tomoe
    b. While Tomoe is
    c. While Tomoe was
    d. Tomoe was

  5. Not wanting to give too much information to the jury, ___ declined to testify of his innocence.
    a. O.J. Simpson who
    b. O.J. Simpson was
    c. O.J. Simpson
    d. who is O.J. Simpson who

  6. ___ the choices that we see before us, we must choose to finish our education before returning to our respective countries.
    a. Give
    b. Given
    c. Giving
    d. When we are give

  7. We must reduce the amount of drunk driving accidents on our freeways by ___ of this serious offense.
    a. take specific measures to prosecute those in violation
    b. taking specific measures prosecute those in violation
    c. taking specific measures to prosecute those in violating
    d. taking specific measures to prosecute those in violation

  8. ___ the explicit nature of his love affair with Monica Lewinsky, President Clinton refused to truthfully answer the questions,
    a. Not wanted to publicize
    b. Not wanting to public
    c. Not wanting to publicize
    d. Because he do not want to publicize

  9. I learned a great deal about international politics while ___ an essay on the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide.
    a. read
    b. I reading
    c. reading
    d. I was read

  10. If ___ extensively, vocabulary can be learned in a relatively short period of time.
    a. study
    b. studying
    c. studied
    d. it is study

  11. ___ with a proposal of an additional 24% in income taxes, many citizens might react violently
    a. Presenting
    b. If they are present
    c. Presented
    d. If present

  12. While ___ at the mall, Angela witnessed an armed robbery in Clarion's Jewelry store.
    a. shop
    b. shopping
    c. she was shop
    d. shopped

  13. Since John finished his Master's Degree, his wife ___ able to resume her studies at the university.
    a. is
    b. being
    c. has been
    d. who has been

  14. William returned to school after ___ from his rather lengthy illness.
    a. recovering
    b. recovered
    c. he recover
    d. he recovers

  15. ___, the police officers finally apprehended him.
    a. Followed the suspect by helicopter
    b. Because the police follow the suspect by helicopter
    c. Following the suspect by helicopter
    d. Following the suspect by helicopter they

  16. ___ the movie Titanic several times, I would rather see another film instead.
    a. Have seen
    b. I Having seen
    c. Having seen
    d. Because I have see

  17. ___ complete the research paper on time, the student asked the professor if she could turn in the paper on a later date.
    a. Unable
    b. Because she is unable to
    c. Unable to
    d. Unable to she

  18. On ___, Yumiko decided to stop seeing him.
    a. learn that Yoky was already married
    b. learning Yoky was already marry
    c. learning which Yoky was already married
    d. learning that Yoky was already married

  19. Before ___ for the hospital, the doctor stopped by the pharmacy to pick up new medication for one of his patients.
    a. leave
    b. leaving
    c. he leaving
    d. was left

  20. ___ a sound similar to a loud freight train, the Wilson family prepared for the destructive tornado.
    a. After heard
    b. After hearing
    c. After they hear
    d. While hear

Copyright (C) 2000 by Michael Buckhoff
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.