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Identify the adverb clause and tell what it modifies.
1. Because the house had been vacant for so long, the lawn and garden were overgrown.
2. The grass in the front looked as if it hadn't been cut in months.
3. Ruth began mowing lawn while Lou and I weeded the flower beds.
4. We decided to borrow some tools because the weeds were extremely thick.
5. We were unable to cut though the heavy undergrowth until we started using a machine.
6. Before we pulled out the weeds, we couldn't even see the roses.
7. We piled the debris in a huge mound so that it could be hauled away later.
8. After Ruth had mowed the lawn, she was exhausted.
9. We all stretched out in the shade when we stopped for a rest.
10. Long hours in the sun had made us feel as though the day would never end.
1. Because the house had been vacant for so long-overgrown
2. as if it hadn't been cut in months-looked
3. while Lou and I weeded the flower beds-began
4. because the weeds were extremely thick-decided
5. until we started using a machine-unable
6. Before we pulled out the weeds-see
7. so that it could be hauled away later-piled
8. After Ruth had mowed the lawn-exhausted
9. when we stopped for a rest-stretched
10. as though the day would never end-feel
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Because the house had been vacant for so long
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