TYPES OF CIRCUMSTANCE IN ENGLISH

CIRCUMSTANCE TYPICAL EXAMPLE CIRCUMSTANCE SUBCATEGORY

TYPE PROBE REALIZATION SUB-CATEGORY PROBE
For three hours
Every three Temporal For how long?
How____?
hours
Extent At what
Every second
intervals?
step Spatial How far?
For six miles
In September;
before tea;
Temporal When?
recently; during
Location At what point? the lesson
In the yard; from
Paris; miles Spatial Where?
away
With a hammer,
Means By what means?
by trickery
Quickly Quality How?
Manner How?
As fast as
possible; like a Comparison What like?
top
Because of you;
thanks to him; Reason Why?
for lack of $5
For better
Cause Why? results; in the
Purpose For what purpose?
hope of a good
deal
On behalf of us
Behalf On whose behalf?
all
In the event of
Under what
rain; without Condition
conditions?
more help
In what
Contingency In spite of the
circumstance? Concession Despite what?
rain
In the absence of
Default Lacking what?
proof
With(out) his
Comitative Who / what with?
friends
Accompaniment Together with?
As well as them; And who / what
Additive
instead of them else?
As a concerned
Guise What as?
parent
Role
(smashed) into
Product What into?
pieces
About this; with
Matter What about?
reference to that
According to the
Angle Says who?
Shorter Oxford