Adverbial Clauses Conjunctions Inversion Advanced Level Test – Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 1

1. _____ had I got out of the bank______ I saw the thieves running through the tunnel.

2. The 20th century explorer Thor Heyerdahl insisted, _____ all expert opinion, that Polynesia had been 5; settled by people from South America r* in ancient times.

3. I'm sure that my new car could be more economical, _____ at the time I've been satisfied with its performance so far.

4. On the job application, I was asked to list my level of education,_____ any relevant training I had undergone.

5. Heine is best known as a poet;_____ , he also wrote prose, most of which was satirical criticism of his age.

6. _____ Carl White is on the phone now, could you wait for a minute?

7. ____ the researchers developed the first flu vaccination recently was there a reliable protection against flu.

8. The tobacco production of Rize is not very important _____ its tea production.

9. We're so late for the meeting that _____ we take a cab to the station, we can’t get there on time.

10. Like many prior to them, the naturalist artists _____ copied from nature _____ tried to improve on it.

11. You should always do some exercises, _____ what diet you're following.

12. Sam and Rose are fighting all the time ______they're brother and sister.

13. My elder son practises piano a couple of hours every day and_____ plays it very well.

14. I didn’t hear you were seriously ill ______I would have visited you so far.

15. Most of tour operators have cancelled their travel plans to Thailand _____ the unfavourable weather conditions there.

16. In recent weeks investors have begun to worry that central banks are raising interest rates_____ growth is slowing in the United States and is still fragile in Europe and Japan.

17. The car had ____ drawn to a halt _____ armed police surrounded it.

18. The pollution of the seas can only be prevented _____ all countries follow the same policy.

19. I love my wife so much that it seems to me _____ no monument in the world existed_____ my wife, leaning against it.

20. Classic migraine may be heralded hours _____ the attack by  premonitory symptoms, or there may be no warnina______.

21 ._____ he arrived at the airport did he remember that he had left his passport in the briefcase at home.

22. Most magazines offer full color to advertisers _____ the more limited color available in newspapers.

23. He had______got off the bus he was travelling on______he was caught by two police officers who had apparently been waiting for him.

24. Living in a big city is advantageous ______you can have easy access to health care.

25. He accomplished so much______his ability to inhabit the souls of his characters and bring them to life on the big screen.