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
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
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
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
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
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