Adverb phrases: forms An adverb phrase consists of one or more words. The adverb is the head of the phrase and can appear alone or it can be modified by other words. Adverbs are o of the four major word classes, along with nouns, verbs and adjectives. In the examples the adverb phrases are in bold. The other words that modify the adverb are underlined. We usually go on holiday in August. Time goes very quickly. The day passed quickly enough. This works really well for its size Luckily for us the cost was not so high We kept the new money quite separately from what we'd already collected. In general, these patterns are similar to adjective phrasesAdverb phrases: types and meanings An adverb phrase can consist of one adverb or an adverb plus other words before it (premodification) or after it (postmodification). Adverb phrases have many different meanings. In the examples the adverb phrases are in bold. The other words that modify the adverb are underlined oxample ype used to give ° yp information about We welked very carefully across the how something manner floor: happens Horo is whore | was born. siace where something That's it. Right there happens Dad got homo very late. time when something happens This pill wil take away the pein how long something y duration temporarily. happens They almost never invite people to their house these days. how often something frequency happensexample ‘A: Want some sugar in your coffee? B: Only half a spoon, please. That dog behaves inereaibly stupidly! The (rain will probably be late It doesn't necessarily mean that. Unfortunately for me, | can't speak Italian Personally, | don't see why the party has to start so early. Itrained very heavily this summer Therefore, many of the vegetables were very small ‘ype focusing degree certainty or necessity evaluative viewpoint linking used to give information about something specific how much or to what degree something happens how certain or necessary something is the speaker's opinion of something the speaker's perspective or reaction relationships between clauses and sentencesAdverb phrases: functions Adverb phrases + verbs ‘We use adverb phrases most commonly to modify verbs. In the examples the adverb phrases are in bold. The verbs that they modify are underlined Childron grow up really quickly. | exorcise very regularly and | eat quite healthily. Adverb phrases + be ‘We use adverb phrases with be. This is especially typical of adverbs of place: Vm upstairs. 'l only be @ minute. A: Have you seen my gloves? B: They're right there, on the table. Adverb phrases + adjectives/adverbs We use adverb phrases (adv) to modify adjectives and other adverbs: [any] [adjective] I found t extremely ditficuit to talk to her. [aov) [AD He drives really caretillyAdverb phrases + other phrases ‘We use adverb phrases (adv) to modify noun phrases (np) and prepositional Phrases: (ADVI INF] That's quite a tree (it's a tree that is special in some way, ©. it’s very big) [ADVI [pronoun] There was hardly anyone at the concert [ADV] [prepositional phrase] We climbed right over the top of the hill and down again. Adverb phrases + determiners We use adverb phrases to modify determiners, especially words like all, some, half, many (quantifiers) Only halt of my friends could come to my party. Very few people have heard of my city. It's vary small.