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What is an Adverb?

Basically, most adverbs tell you how, where, or when something is done.

Here are some examples:

Type Adverb Example
HOW
 slowly
 Anne eats her lunch slowly.

WHERE
 Mr. Kimzey's classroom
 The Got the Gold Bash is going to take place in Mr. Kimzey's classroom.
WHEN
 yesterday
 Lauren called Ishira yesterday.
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Adverbs / Adverb Phrases / Adverb Clauses

Look at these sentences:

Josh invited Mr. Kimzey to dinner yesterday.
In the this sentence, "yesterday" is a one-word adverb.


I saw John win the race on Friday.
"On Friday" is an adverb phrase/prepositional phrase.


I saw the movie before I left for Singapore
"before I left for Singapore" is a adverb clause.



All of three sentences above answer the question "when."


But the adverb clause (before I left for Singapore) has a subject "I" and a verb "left."

The adverb clause is introduced by the preposition "before," and it is a dependent clause. This means that this clause must include a full sentence, as it cannot stand alone.

"Before I left for Singapore" is not a full sentence. Reading this clause, the reader is waiting for additional information, and this information MUST be provided to make a complete sentence. Otherwise, it is just a clause and is improper grammar by itself.

(before I left for Singapore) needs the main clause (I saw the movie.), which is a complete sentence. "I" is the subject and "saw" is the verb.


For your 5CS (Five Creative Sentences), you will be writing sentences each week that include an adverbial clause flip-flop using the following words: While, If, As, Because, When


An easy way to write the adverbial clause flip-flop is to simply write a sentence using one of the words above. Then do Da Flip-Flop.

Example: Using the word "while"

While: A cockroach scurried across the floor while Richard was brushing his teeth. (no comma)
Da Flip-Flop: While Richard was brushing his teeth, a cockroach scurried across the floor. (must have a comma for Da Flip-Flop)


When you read "While Richard was brushing his teeth," aren't you waiting to receive more information? What happened while this person was brushing their teeth? It is incomplete and is therefore NOT a sentence.






Now you try it on the Adverbial Flip-Flop wiki page.


ASSIGNMENT

1. Write a sentence with an adverbial clause.
2. Do Da Flip-Flop.
3. Change the color of the main clause (can stand alone) to blue.
4. Change the color of the adverbial clause, a dependent clause (cannot stand alone), to red.
5. When you do Da Flip-Flop, be sure to add a comma at the end of the clause and change the color of the comma to BOLD GREEN.
6. Number your first sentence (1.)
7. Number your Flip-Flop sentence (2.)
8. Your clauses must begin with one of these words: while, if, as, because, when

Keep this Kimzey Wiki site open. Then open a new Word document side-by-side with the wiki and follow the directions on this wiki into the Word document. Once completed and spell-checked, copy and paste your two sentences to the Adverbial Flip-Flop wiki.
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