Adverb Phrase -What is adverb phrase?

Adverb phrase is a group of words without verb, making incomplete sense and doing the works of adverb. It modify verb, adjective or clauses. Adverb phrase may occurs with more than one word. The extra adverb called intensifier. Adverbs can also become phrases as it made with prepositions or with infinitives.

-Example: Tony decided to move to Reading yesterday. (normal adverb) Tony decided to move to Slough in June last year. (adverbial phrase) He scored the goal very quickly. (adverbial phrase) In the moment, the sun appeared. (adverbial phrase) -Adverb phrases made with prepositions : Example :
Type Adverb phrase Example

Manner

with a hammer

The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer.

The woman who lives next door is a Place next door doctor.

before Time holidays

the

We must finish our project before the holidays.

Frequency

every month

Jodie buys two CDs every month.

Purpose

for his mother

Jack bought the flowers for his mother.

-Adverb phrases made with infinitives : Example :

Type Adverb phrase Example

Purpose

to buy a car

I'm saving my money to buy a car.

to support the Purpose team

The students all showed up to support the team.

to show to her Purpose mother

Sally brought a painting home from school to show to her mother.

Adverbial phrases

Like single adverbs, they modify verbs, adjectives or adverbs. For example:
He opened it extremely easily. I'll do it quite soon. I ran so fast. extremely easily quite soon so fast modifies modifies modifies opened do ran kind quickly

He was quite unexpectedly kind. quite unexpectedly modifies He came quickly. very surprisingly very surprisingly modifies

Adverb Clauses -What is adverb clauses? Adverb clauses modify the entire independent clauses or another subordinate clauses to which they might be attached. Adverbial subordinators: because, while, as, if, after, until. Adverb clauses signal common adverbial meaning such as time of event, place of event, manner of event, causes and condition of event. ( How, When, Why, Where, Under what condition) Example adverb clauses with time : when, before, after, while, as, by the time, until, since, as soon as, whenever, everytime, the first/second/third ect. -An adverb clause will meet three requirements:

First, it will contain a subject and verb. You will also find a subordinate conjunction that keeps the clause from expressing a complete thought. Finally, you will notice that the clause answers one of these three adverb questions: How? When? or Why?

-Example : He stood there as if he was frozen to the very spot. He read on until he was told to stop. -Example : Type Place Time Cause Purpose

Question answered Where? When?

Why? (What caused this?) Why? (What was the reason for doing this?) Concession Why is this unexpected? Condition Under what conditions?

Example Wherever there are computers, there is Microsoft software. After the fruit is harvested, it is sold at the market. I didn't call her because I'm shy. She took a computer course so that she could get a better job. Although Jay has a Master's degree, he works as a store clerk. If you save your money, you will be able to go to college.

*From the examples above, most adverb clauses can be recognized because they are introduced by a particular word or phrase (such as "when" and "so that"). These words and phrases are called subordinating conjunctions (Adverbial subordinators). -Examples :

1. a) He did it carelessly. ( Adverb) b) He did it in a careless manner. ( Adverb phrase) c) He did it in such a way that it had to be done again. ( Adverb Clause) 2. a) During the time ( Adverb phrase) b) Whlie I stood drinking in the beauty. ( Adverb clause) 3. a) Hastily ( Adverb) b) In haste ( Adverb phrase)

Prepositional Phrase -What is prepositional phrase? Prepositional phrase is the composed of preposition and noun phrase. It used either adjectivally to modify noun/ adverbially to modify verbs, adjective/ clause. Usually, prepositional phrase will begin with preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund or clause which acted as the object of the preposition. The object of the preposition will often have one or more modifiers to describe it :
PREPOSITION

NOUN, PRONOUN, GERUND, OR CLAUSE

PREPOSITION

MODIFIER(S)

NOUN, PRONOUN,

GERUND, OR CLAUSE

Prepositional phrase will never contains the subject of the sentence. It acted as either adjective or adverbs.

- Example of basic prepositional phrases

a) At home ( at= preposition, home= noun)

b) with me ( with= preposition, me= pronoun)

c) about what we need(about= preposition, what we need= noun clause)

> Adjective prepositional phrase

-As an adjective, the prepositional phrase will answer the question such as how? When? Where? Which one? . Examples : 1. Freddy is stiff from yesterday's long football practice. (How did Freddy get stiff? From yesterday's long football practice.) 2. Before class, Josh begged his friends for a pencil. (When did Josh do his begging? Before class.) 3. Feeling brave, we tried the Dragon Breath Burritos at Tito's Taco Palace. (Where did we eat the spicy food? At Tito's Taco Palace.) 4. The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam. (Which book? The one on the bathroom floor.)

- Almost all (adjective prepositional phrases) directly follow the nouns or

pronouns they modify. Example : The purple hat (with the red feather) was for sale in the store. Adjective prepositional phrase = with the red feather Preposition = with Object of the preposition = feather The and red modify feather Adjective prepositional phrase modifies the subject hat.

> Adverb Prepositional Phrase

-Adverb prepositional phrases modify verbs, adjectives, or adverbs, and may occur anywhere in the sentence. When a prepositional phrase begins a sentence, it modifies the verb. Over the river through the woods Adverb prepositional phrases = over the river, through the woods Preposition = over, through Objects of the prepositions = river, woods