ADVERBIAL

PHRASE
 WHAT'S AN ADVERB?

A word that describes a verb, an adjective, another

adverb, or a sentence and that is often used to show
time, manner, place, or degree.

In "arrived early," "runs slowly," "stayed home," and

"works hard" the words "early," "slowly," "home," and
"hard" are adverbs.
 ADVERBIAL PHRASE
In linguistics, an adverbial phrase ("AdvP") is a multi-word
expression operating adverbially: its syntactic function is to
modify other expressions, including verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
adverbials, and sentences. Adverbial phrases can be divided into
two types: complement adverbs and modifier adverbs.
 ADVERBIAL PHRASES (EXAMPLES)

manner frequency certainty or

We walked very carefully They almost never invite
across the floor. people to their house these
days
necessity
The train will probably be late.
It doesn’t necessarily mean
that.
ADVERBIAL
(examples)
PHRASES
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:
Children grow up really quickly.
I exercise every single day and I eat quite healthily

I'll do it in a minute.
After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box. (Italian Proverb)
Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day. (Albert Camus)
 HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY AN
ADVERBIAL PHRASE?
If the phrase is modifying an adjective, verb, or adverb, it is an
adverbial phrase. If it is modifying a noun or a pronoun, it is an
adjectival phrase.
PREPOSITI
PHRASE
ONAL
WHAT'S A
prepositional phrase?
Prepositional phrases typically consist of a preposition followed by a noun
group/phrase.
Prepositional phrases occur with a range of functions, including:

adverbial (how, when, where) in clause structure (for example, ‘on the
train’ in ‘We met on the train.’)
modifier in noun group/phrase structure (for example, ‘with two children’
in ‘a couple with two children’)
modifier in adjective group/phrase structure (for example, ‘with red hair’ in
‘the boy with red hair’)
They first met at a party. (preposition + noun phrase)
She was taken ill during the film. (preposition + noun phrase)
Would you like to come with me please? (preposition +
pronoun)
From there, it’ll take you about half an hour to our house.
(preposition + adverb)
Until quite recently, no one knew about his paintings.
(preposition + adverb phrase)
She’s decided on doing a Chinese language course.
(preposition + -ing clause)
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