Adverbs and adverbials

Adverbs and Adverbials
Cambridge Secondary 1
Stage 9 English Grammar

1. Adverbs and Adverbials

2. Adverbs

3. Adverbs they sang loudly she’s very pretty he writes really well An adverb is a word that’s used to give information about a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

4. How to use adverbs

5. With a verb They can tell us about: → how something happens or is done (manner) → when or how often something happens (time and frequency) → Make the meaning stronger or weaker(degree)

6. Examples She stretched lazily . I live here . They visited us yesterday .

7. Adverbs of degree Adverbs can make the meaning of a verb, adjective, or other adverb stronger or weaker. These are often called adverbs of degree With a verb: → I almost fell asleep. With an adjective: → These schemes are very clever. With another adverb: → They nearly always get home late.

8. Identify the adverbs

9. He walked slowly. The town is easily accessible by road. She’s travelling abroad. The children tiptoed upstairs. I have to leave soon. He still lives in London. The engines were checked daily for faults. He really means it. This is a slightly better result. The answer to both questions is really rather simple.

10. He walked slowly . The town is easily accessible by road. She’s travelling abroad . The children tiptoed upstairs . I have to leave soon . He still lives in London. The engines were checked daily for faults. He really means it. This is a slightly better result. The answer to both questions is really rather simple.

11. Adverbial phrases

12. Adverbial phrases An adverbial is a phrase which modifies (changes, restricts or adds to the meaning of) a verb. An adverbial can be a noun phrase, a prepositional phrase, or a clause as well as an adverb, but always functions to modify the meaning of a verb. A sentence can contain just one adverbial or several. we met that afternoon we met in the cafe we met because we needed to talk

13. How to use adverbial phrases

14. Using adverbial phrases They can be used to work in the same way as single-word adverbs. We typically use adverbials to talk about: → where something happens (place ) → when something happens (time) → the way in which someone does something or something happens or exists (manner)

15. Examples I put my bag on the floor . We’re in Paris today, but where will we be tomorrow ? The abbey now lies in ruins .

16. Identify the adverbial phrases

17. Don’t just sit there! Could you let the cat out? The rain lasted all night. She’d been travelling for three days. You’re acting as if you were still a teenager. These shirts come in three sizes.

18. Don’t just sit there ! Could you let the cat out ? The rain lasted all night . She’d been travelling for three days . You’re acting as if you were still a teenager . These shirts come in three sizes .