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1. Jeopardy Adverbs Adverb Clauses Adverb Adverbial Phrases Connectors Conditionals $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

2. What are the three types of adverbs we discussed in class? Answer: sentence, focus, negative 1 - $100

3. 1 - $200 • What the three places you can put a sentence adverb? • Answer: beginning, middle, end • Beginning: Clearly, he is a good speaker. • End: He is a good speaker, clearly. • Middle: Depends on the verb • He is clearly a good speaker. • Adverb goes after a be verb or modal • Adverb goes before other verbs

4. 1 - $300 • What is the difference in meaning? • A: I just don’t love him; I don’t want him to marry me. • B: I don’t just love him; I want him to marry me. • Answer: • A: focus on don’t – negative meaning • B: focus on love – means she loves him very much

5. 1 - $400 • Why are these sentences incorrect? • Rarely Eva does arrive late at the office. • Seldom our team does lose. • Answer: Both sentences begin with negative adverbs so the verb or auxiliary usually comes before the subject.

6. 1 - $500 • Which one is correct? • A: Here the train comes. • B: Here comes the train. • Answer: Here and there are adverbs that cause inversion when they’re at the beginning of a sentence. Inversion occurs if the subject is a noun. Don’t invert if the subject is a pronoun. • Here it comes.

7. 2 - $100 • What is an adverb clause? • Answer: They are dependent clauses that indicate how, when, where, why, or under what condition. An adverb clause has an adverb, a subject, and a verb.

8. 2 - $200 • What is a complex sentence? • Answer: A complex sentence has a dependent and independent clause. If the sentence contains an adverb clause, it is dependent. • Whenever I exercise, I feel good.

9. 2 - $300 • Why is this sentence incorrect? • Only if I study I will earn an “A”. • Answer: When only if is used in the beginning of a sentence, the subject and verb of the main clause are inverted and no comma is used. • Only If I study will I earn an “A”.

10. 2 - $400 • Which sentence is correct? • A: We’ll be leaving as soon as she arrives. • B: We’ll be leaving since she arrives. • Answer: A is correct because you want to indicate time. Since indicates time and reason, but in this sentence it is indicating reason.

11. 2 - $500 • What s the difference between even if and unless? • Even if he practices, he won’t make the team. • Unless he practices, he won’t make the team. • Answer: • Even if – condition doesn’t matter, the result will be the same (no chance) • Unless – something must happen in order for something else to be true (possible chance)

12. 3 - $100 • What are the two types of adverb clauses that we reduced to adverb or adverbial phrases? • Answer: • Adverb clauses of time • Adverb clauses of reason

13. 3 - $200 • Is it possible to reduce this adverb clause to and adverb phrase? Why or why not? • Maggie cooked dinner while her children played outside. • Answer: No. You can’t reduce an adverb clause to and adverb phrase if the subjects are different.

14. 3 - $300 • Which one is correct? • A: Because not knowing what to do, we called the service department. • B: Not knowing what to do, we called the service department. • Answer: B because it is an adverb of reason. Adverb clauses of reason can be reduced to adverbial phrases (no adverb).

15. 3 - $400 • What is the best answer? • A: During relaxing at home, I reminisced about the trip. • B: While relaxing at home, I reminisced about the trip. • C: Relaxing at home, I reminisced about the trip. • D: B & C • Answer: D because while is a better choice of adverb than during. Also, adverb clauses with while can be reduced to adverbial phrases.

16. 3 - $500 • Why is this sentence incorrect? • Having given the choice, I decided to walk to work. • Answer: Clauses containing passive can be changed to an adverbial phrase with just a past participle. • Given the choice, I decided to walk to work.

17. 4 - $100 • What are the three types of connectors? • Answer: • Coordinating conjunctions – FANBOYS • Subordinating conjunctions – adverb • Transitions

18. 4 - $200 • Which one is correct? • A: I never forget a face; and, I have trouble remembering sentences. • B: I never forget a face; however, I have trouble remembering sentences. • Answer: B because it needs a transition. However shows contrast. And shows addition.

19. 4 - $300 • Which sentence is correct? • A: You’d better get up right now, or you’ll miss the bus. • B: You’d better get up right now, because you’ll miss the bus. • Answer: A because it needs a coordinating conjunction. You use a comma before the coordinating conjunction and you want to show options.

20. 4 - $400 • Why is this sentence incorrect? • However Bao has a degree, he has a very poor job. • Answer: The transition should go in the middle. It needs a semicolon and a comma. If the transition were at the beginning or end, then the comma would go right after it or before it. • Bao has a degree; however, he has a very poor job.

21. 4 - $500 • Why is this sentence incorrect? • We need to get tickets, otherwise we won’t get seats. • Answer: The meaning is correct, but you need to change the comma to a semicolon and add a comma after the transition. The other option would be to change otherwise to or. • We need to get tickets; otherwise, we won’t get seats. • We need to get tickets, or we won’t get seats.

22. 5 - $100 • What are the two types of conditional sentences? • Answer: Real and Unreal • Present real • Future time situation • Present unreal • Past unreal

23. 5 - $200 • Which sentence is correct? • A: We won’t be able to go on the picnic if it will rain tomorrow. • B: We won’t be able to go on the picnic if it rains tomorrow. • Answer: B because it is expressing future time situation. You need to use the present tense in the if clause (conditional).

24. 5 - $300 • Which one is correct? • A: If it hadn’t rained, we could’ve had the picnic last week. • B: If it didn’t rain, we could’ve had the picnic last week. • Answer: B because you’re expressing the past unreal. • Could, might, or would + have + past participle

25. 5 - $400 • Why is this sentence incorrect? • Bao wishes he listened to his inner voice. • Answer: You want to express the past with wish because Bao regrets not listening to his inner voice. Listened – had listened • Bao wishes he had listened to his inner voice.

26. 5 - $500 • What are the two forms of the conditional that can be mixed? • Answer: The present unreal and the past unreal (see next slide for examples)

27. Mixed

28. Mixed