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Adverb Phrases

Adverb Phrases. p. 336 7-4. A prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb is called an adverb phrase. Adverb: Lets meet outside. Adverb Phrase: Lets meet outside the terminal. Like adverbs, adverb phrases modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

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Adverb Phrases

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  1. Adverb Phrases p. 336 7-4

  2. A prepositional phrase that functions as an adverb is called an adverb phrase. • Adverb: Lets meet outside. • Adverb Phrase: Lets meet outside the terminal.

  3. Like adverbs, adverb phrases modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. • Verb: We will travelwith a tour. • Adjective: This tour is famous for its careful planning. • Adverb: Have you ever traveled far from home?

  4. Also like adverbs, adverb phrases tell how, when, where, why, or to what extent. • The tour will travel by plane. (how) • The plane will leave in the morning. (when) • Our tour will stop in many cities. (where) • We’ll visit museums for cultural reasons. (why) • We’ll be traveling for a long time. (to what extent)

  5. Adverb phrases can occur anywhere in a sentence. • The plane was waiting on the runway. • At the gate stood many people. • I checked my luggage at the counter and boarded the plane.

  6. More than one adverb phrase can modify the same word. • After a few minutes, we stepped onto the plane.

  7. Which verb, adjective, or adverb is modified by each underlined adverb phrase. • We arrived in Paris early in April; the city is beautiful in the spring. • We strolled by the river and spent days in museums, the shops, the art galleries, and the cathedrals. • After a few days, we drove through the spectacularly scenic Pyrenees mountainsto Spain. • We went to the shore, spent hours walking along the beach, collected colorful stones and shells, and ate seafood at a seafood café. • The whole family was hungry after that long drive.

  8. Find the adverb phrases, which words do they modify? • 6. Our travels then took us to Germany for an unusual country-music festival. • 7. In June we passed through Cologne during an extremely severe heat wave. • 8. Nevertheless, the cathedral was full of visitors for a much anticipated organ concert. • 9. Late in the month, ready for a change, we flew to Sweden on a chartered aircraft. • 10. Famous for its food and fine buildings, Stockholm charmed us with its friendliness.

  9. Answer 11-17

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