时间状语从句和原因状语从句专项练习

时间状语从句和原因状语

从句专项练习

1. I learnt her hard-working and kind _______ I got to know her in the bookstore.

A. first time

B. for the first time

C. the first time

D. by the first time

2. It was not _______ he took off his dark glass I realized who he was.

A. when; that

B. until; when

C. when; then

D. until; that

3. It was 19 years _______ Mandela, the former president of South Africa, was set free from prison.

A. before

B. since

C. until

D. that

4. _______ had the bell rung _______ the

students took their seats.

A. Hardly; when

B. No sooner; when

C. Hardly; than

D. No sooner; then

5. We walked along the beach for nearly three hours _______ we saw a boat on the sea.

A. when

B. before

C. unless

D. until

6. The two brothers

quarreled and quarreled _______ they felt sleepy and went to bed.

A. when

B. before

C. unless

D. until

7. —What was the party like?

—Wonderful. It’s years _______ I enjoyed myself so much.

A. after

B. before

C. when

D. since

8. It was quite a long time _______ I made it out what had happened.

A. after

B. before

C. when

D. since

9. _______, he went upstairs to sleep without supper.

A. He was tired

B. As he was tired

C. Tired as was he

D. As tired as he was

10. We sent the injured to the First-aid Centre_______ the accident happened.

A. immediately

B. hurriedly

C. quickly

D. shortly

1—5 CDAAB 6—10 DDBBA

C1. I learnt her hard-working and kind _______ I got to know her in the bookstore.

A. first time

B. for the first time

C. the first time

D. by the first time

D2. It was not _______ he took off his dark glass

I realized who he was.

A. when; that

B. until; when

C. when; then

D. until; that

It was not (until he took off his dark glass) that I realized who he was. Not (until he took off his dark glass) did I realize who he was.