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Think you know your adverbial clauses? Put your knowledge to the test with this crossword! From clauses of time and purpose to those of condition and concession, you’ll need to recall key conjunctions and structures used at B2 level. Read the clues carefully, think about how these clauses function in context, and fill in the grid!
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 1. Later than another event in time
- 5. Past form of can used in backshift
- 9. Belonging to them
- 11. Clause expressing contrast or concession
- 14. What makes something happen
- 15. Prepared for an activity
- 16. Clause that cannot stand alone
Down
- 2. In that place
- 3. Word connecting clauses together
- 4. Condition or context of an action
- 5. Clause expressing a condition or hypothesis
- 6. Make sounds showing amusement
- 7. Clause expressing goal or intention
- 8. Continuing until now
- 10. Clause expressing result of an action
- 12. Difference between two opposing ideas
- 13. To go away from
Answers
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Across
- 1. Later than another event in time → after
- 5. Past form of can used in backshift → could
- 9. Belonging to them → their
- 11. Clause expressing contrast or concession → concessive
- 14. What makes something happen → cause
- 15. Prepared for an activity → ready
- 16. Clause that cannot stand alone → dependent
Down
- 2. In that place → there
- 3. Word connecting clauses together → conjunction
- 4. Condition or context of an action → circumstance
- 5. Clause expressing a condition or hypothesis → conditional
- 6. Make sounds showing amusement → laugh
- 7. Clause expressing goal or intention → purposive
- 8. Continuing until now → still
- 10. Clause expressing result of an action → resultive
- 12. Difference between two opposing ideas → contrast
- 13. To go away from → leave
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