Reducing Adverbial Clauses (ZARF CÜMLELERİNDE KISALTMA)
Reducing Adverbial Clauses ve Kullanımı
1 – İngilizce Dersleri ( Bireysel – Özel İngilizce Dersleri )
2 – İngilizce Dersleri ( 4 kişi ile yapılan grup İngilizce Dersleri )
Genel İngilizceden başlayarak Reducing Adverbial Clauses ( Zarf Cümlelerinde Kısaltma ) da dahil olmak üzere yds, ielts, proficiency gibi akademik seviyedeki İngilizce sınavlarına adaylar garantili hazırlanır. İngilizce akademik eğitim bu Reducing Adverbial Clauses alanında yapılacak en akıllı seçim olma niteliğini taşır.
Ielts , Yds , Proficiency , Lys 5 için
En Akıllı Seçim
İngilizce Akademik Eğitim
Reducing Adverbial Clauses
Study the examples.
Time clause
While I was reading the newspaper, I feel asleep. (full form)
= Reading the newspaper, I feel asleep. (reduce form)
or While reading the newspaper, I feel asleep.
When I put my hand into my pocket, I realised that all my money had been stolen.
= Putting my hand into my pocket, I realised that all my money had been stolen.
Conditional clause
I will accept the job if I am offered it.
= I will accept the job if offered.
Reason clause
I went to bed early yesterday as I was tired. (full form)
Being tired, I went to bed early yestreday. (reduced form)
Contrast clause
Altough he was warned not to smoke any longer, he went on smoking.
Altough warned not to smoke any longer, he went on smoking.
Exercise 1. Rewrite the sentences, reducing the adverbial clauses.
1 You can learn English better if you practise more.
2 He went to the doctor because he dah a stomach ache.
3 Although he is very old, he Works from morning to night.
4 When I glanced at my shopping list, I realised that I had forgotten to buy something.
5 The thief denied stealing the carpet from the mosque because he thought that he hadnt been seen.
6 When she made a speech on TV, she smiled as if she were sincere.
7 While I am having my hair cut, I always feel sleepy.
8 Although he was pleased with the result, he knew he could do even better.
9 I wrote down some important telephone numbers in case I needed them later.
10 When he finishes his homework, he goes to bed.
Reducing Adverbial Clauses
Test on adverbial clauses
Exercise 2. Choose the item which completes the sentence best.
1 I’m trying to lose weight,……………………….I go to the gym in the evening.
a. why
b. so thats
c. thats why
d. thats how
2 …………………..talks had been going on for some weeks, they stil hadnt been able to come to a satisfying understanding.
a. despite
b. since
c. however
d. altough
3 I felt so ill ………………….I had to leave.
a. when
b. why
c. that
d. so thats
4 I want to go ………………nobody knows me.
a. where
b. when
c. that
d. wherever
5 She is gonig on the courses ………………………..she can improve her secretarial skills.
a. that
b. s oto
c. so that
d. wherever
Reducing Adverbial Clauses
6 There was a lot of broken glass on the ground …………………..the accident.
a. where
b. while
c. although
d. however
7 The film was ……………………………everyone had left before it finished.
a. bad that
b. bad enough
c. so good that
d. so bad that
8 ………………………his age, he stil goes to the gym three times a week to work out.
a. although
b. in spite of
c. despite
d. however
9 ……………………hard he tries, he stil cant get a passing grade in Maths.
a. altough
b. however
c. despite
d. in spite of
10 I always carry my umbrella in my bag………………………it rains.
a. so that
b. in case
c. in order that
d. because
Reducing Adverbial Clauses
11 She phoned her parents …………………….she got off the bus.
a. since
b. so that
c. altough
d. as soon as
12 They made a lot of friends ……………………they were travelling around Göreme.
a. while
b. despite
c. however
d. in case
13 Mary always helps her mother ……………………..she is very busy with her studies at university.
a. s oto
b. when
c. although
d. that
NOT : Adverbial clauses yapısındaki cümlelerin kısaltılmış şeklini veren bu yapıdaki cümleleri yds, ielts, proficiency sınavı gibi akademik seviyelerdeki sınavlara girenler için bilmek büyük önem taşır . Bu tür sorular sınavlarda sık sık karşılacağınız türden sorulardır.
Reducing Adverbial Clauses