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Adverb and adverbial phrases
Adverb Phrases
- A phrase is a group of words that doesn't have both a subject and verb showing time. An adverb phrase is a group of words that often modifies a main clause in a sentence.
- Reducing adverb phrases with Be
- To reduce an adverb clase to an adverb phrase, omit the subject pronoun and the form Be
- While they were driving, they were attacked=> Adverb clause While driving, they were attacked=>Adverb phrase
- To reduce an adverb clase to an adverb phrase, omit the subject pronoun and the form Be
- Changing adverb clauses of time
- Adverb clauses of time beginning with after, before, since, and while can be canged to adverb phrases when the clause has no form of be
- After they visited Paestum, the Greens drove south=> Adverb clause After visiting Paestum. the Greens drove south
- Adverb clauses of time beginning with after, before, since, and while can be canged to adverb phrases when the clause has no form of be
- Changing AC with Past-time verbs
- To change an adverb clause with a simple past or past perfect verb to an adverb phrase, change the verb to having + past participle. keep the original punctuation
- After they (had) opened the door, they saw the blood=>Adverb clause Having opened the door, they saw the blood.=>Adverb phrase
- To change an adverb clause with a simple past or past perfect verb to an adverb phrase, change the verb to having + past participle. keep the original punctuation
- Replacing When with On or Upon in AP
- If when means "at the time something occurred" in an adverb clause, replace it with on or upon + ing when you reduce the clause to an adverb phrase
- When they realized what had happened, they pulled to the side of the road=>Adverb clause Upon/on realizing what had happened, they pulled to the side of the road=>Adverb phrase
- If when means "at the time something occurred" in an adverb clause, replace it with on or upon + ing when you reduce the clause to an adverb phrase
- Reducing adverb phrases with Be
- A phrase is a group of words that doesn't have both a subject and verb showing time. An adverb phrase is a group of words that often modifies a main clause in a sentence.
Adverbial Phrases
- An adverb phrase without a subordinating conjunction is called an adverbial phrase.
- Changing adverb clauses of reason
- To change an adverb clause of reason to an adverbial phrase, omit the subordinating conjunctions because, since, or as at the beginning of a clause. These conjunctions must be omitted
- Because they were sleeping in the car, they were not aware of that was happening=>Adverb clause Sleeping in the car, the children were not aware of what was happening=> Adverbial phrase
- To change an adverb clause of reason to an adverbial phrase, omit the subordinating conjunctions because, since, or as at the beginning of a clause. These conjunctions must be omitted
- Changing Passive Clauses
- If we can omit the subordinating conjunction in an adverbial phrase without changing the meaning of the sentence, delete the subject and any auxiliaries in a passive sentence
- Since I was given two options, I chose the harder of the two=>Adverb clause Given two options, I chose the harder of the two=>Adverbial phrase
- If we can omit the subordinating conjunction in an adverbial phrase without changing the meaning of the sentence, delete the subject and any auxiliaries in a passive sentence
- Changing adverb clauses of reason
- An adverb phrase without a subordinating conjunction is called an adverbial phrase.