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Expanding Sentences with Adverbs

This document discusses how to expand sentences through verb modification. It explains that verbs can be modified by single-word adverbs, adverbial phrases, or adverbial clauses to express place, manner, time, frequency, reason, purpose, and negation. It provides examples of different types of verb modifiers, including adverbs of time, frequency, place, manner, affirmation/negation, reason, and purpose. It also gives examples of verbs modified by single-word adverbs, adverbial phrases, and adverbial clauses.

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Expanding Sentences with Adverbs

This document discusses how to expand sentences through verb modification. It explains that verbs can be modified by single-word adverbs, adverbial phrases, or adverbial clauses to express place, manner, time, frequency, reason, purpose, and negation. It provides examples of different types of verb modifiers, including adverbs of time, frequency, place, manner, affirmation/negation, reason, and purpose. It also gives examples of verbs modified by single-word adverbs, adverbial phrases, and adverbial clauses.

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  • Types of Modifiers
  • Verb Modification

Expanding Sentences Through Verb Modification

A sentence may be expanded by adding modifiers to adverbs. A verb may be a single word
adverb, adverbial phrase, or adverbial clause.

Verb modifiers may express place, manner, time, frequency, reason, purpose, and negation.

Types of Modifiers
1. Adverbs of time
Adverbs of time show when a particular event happened.

Examples:
I have heard this before.
He once met me in Cairo; I have not seen him since.
John formerly lived here.

2. Adverbs of frequency
Adverbs of frequency show how often a particular event happens.

Examples:
I have told you twice.
The postman called again.
He frequently comes unprepared.

3. Adverbs of place
Adverbs of place show where a particular event happened.

Examples:
Stand here.
The horse galloped away.
My brother is out.

4. Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of manner show how or in what manner something happened. This
class includes nearly all those adverbs which are derived from adjectives and end in –ly.

Examples:
Graham reads clearly.
Is that so?
Thus only, will you succeed.

5. Adverbs of affirmation and negation


Adverbs of affirmation and negation show the validity or otherwise of
something.

Examples:
Surely you are mistaken.
I do not know him.

6. Adverbs of reason
Adverbs of reason show an indication of the reason for something to happen.

Examples:
He is hence unable to refute the charge.
He therefore left school.

Adverbs of purpose
Adverbs of purpose show the reason or an aim (target) of an action

Examples:
He therefore joined army to serve his country and its people.
The hardworking lady didn’t go to work so that she could look after her small ill child.

Verb Modification
verb
adverb

1. Single-word Adverb
 Icarus stood by and watched his father.
 Do not go too low or water will weigh the wings down.
 My dad waits impatiently for his food.
 Fortunately, we got there in time.
 Interestingly, no seemed interested in the bicycle.

2. Adverbial Phrase
Among adverbial phrases, there are two major types: prepositional and infinitive phrases.

 Daedalus fastened the feathers with twine and wax.


 Icarus raised his shiny face to let a father fall on it.
 Bob nodded like a bobble head.
 I will not do that, never in a million years.
 Dad spoke softly to calm her fears.
 Phillip sings loudly in the shower.
 Anby worked out frequently to keep up in shape.

3. Adverbial Clause
Adverbial Clause hints:
Subordinate clauses will often begin with subordinating conjunctions, which are words
that link dependent clauses to independent clauses, such as if, until, through, before, although,
for, as, since, therefore, hence, consequently, though, due to, provided that, because, unless,
once, while, when, whenever, where, wherever, before, and after.
They can also begin with relative pronouns such as that, which, who, whom, whichever,
whoever, whomever, and whose. Spotting these words can tip you off that you are dealing with
a subordinate clause rather than a main clause.

 Some fisherman watches as the rod dips.


 Icarus cried Father until the blue sea hushed him.
 She remained where I left her.
 Jim paced the floor as he recited his speech.

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