Adverbs, Adverbial Phrases and Clauses

ADVERB
 a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb
or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner,
cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there)

ADVERBIAL PHRASE
 an adverb that consists of more than one word (no subject or verb)
 He ran like the wind.

ADVERBIAL CLAUSE
 an adverbial phrase that contains its own verb
 He ran like his life depended on it.

Categories of Adverbs

1. Adverbs of Time
2. Adverbs of Place
3. Adverbs of Manner
4. Adverbs of Degree
5. Adverbs of Condition
6. Adverbs of Concession
7. Adverbs of Reason

Adverb of Time - describes when, for how long, or how often a certain action
happened; sometimes referred to as “adverb of frequency”; often work best when
placed at the end of sentences

Adverb of Place
 An adverb of place always talks about the location where the action of the verb is
being carried out.
 Adverbs of place are normally placed after a sentence’s object or main verb.
 Adverbs of place can be directional. For example: Up, down, around, away,
north, southeast
 Adverbs of place can refer to distances. For example: Nearby, far away, miles
apart
 An adverb of place can indicate an object’s position in relation to another
object. For example: Below, between, above, behind, through, around and so
forth.
 Many adverbs of place indicate movement in a particular direction and end in
the letters “-ward or -wards”. For example: Toward, forward, backward,
homeward, westward, eastwards onwards