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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 | Linda 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 | Wilson called Steven yesterday. |
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Adverbs / Adverb Phrases / Adverb Clauses Look at these sentences: Caroline invited Mr. Kimzey to dinner yesterday. In the this sentence, "yesterday" is a one-word adverb. I saw Nikita 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 I was brushing my teeth. (no comma) Da Flip-Flop: While I was brushing my teeth, a cockroach scurried across the floor. (must have a comma for Da Flip-Flop) NOTICE When you read "While I was brushing my 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 be 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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Information from: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/advcls.htm
