Underline each adverb phrase,

gained much
1. Disposing of nuclear waste is a problem that has recently
attention.
where nuclear
z. Authorities are having difficulties finding locations
waste can be disposed of safely,
gradually from
3. There is always the danger of the waste leaking very
the containers in which it is stored,
quite vehemently
4. Because of this danger, many people have protested
against the dumping of any waste in their communities,

5. In the past, auüorities have not responded quickly enough to prob-

lems at nuclear waste sites.
6. As a result, people reabt somewhat suspiciously to claims that nuclear
waste sites are safe.
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_ The problem of nuclear waste has caused many new nuclear power
plants to remain clósed indefinitely.
8. Authorities fear that this situation will very soon result in a power
shortage.

Identify the function of each underlined adverb phrase by writing the ap-
propriate abbreviation in the brackets after it:

A (adverbial)
M Adi (modifier of adjective)
M Adv (modifier of adverb)

1. Small forks &§! ( ) appeared in eleventh-century Tuscany.

Z. They were yrd{y ( ) condemned at the time.
3. It was in late eighteenth-century France that forks suddenly ( )
became fashionable.
+. Spoons are thousands of years older than forks and began as thin,
slightlv ( ) concave pieces of wood.
5. Knives were used far ( ) earlier than spoons.
6- They have changed little ( ) over the years.
7. When meals were generally ( ) eaten with the fingers, towel-size
napkins were essential.
8. When forks were adopted to handle food, napkins were retained in a
much ( ) smaller size to wipe the mouth.
9. A saucer was originally ( )a small dish for holding sauces.
l0. Mass production made the saucer inexpensive enough ( ) to be
T9§§ ( ) adjunct to a cup.
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