2015-10-28 Grammar: adverbial positions

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: Which answers in exercise 1 are clauses?
	Identify the clauses in the sentences in exercise 2.
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Focus 2 (p. 33) - adverbial position
A typical order for adverbials is manner-place-frequency-time-purpose (or how/where/how often/when/why).

Adverbs of frequency, time, and certainty come before the main verb, adverb phrases come later in the sentence.

Adverbs of manner come immediately before or after the verb and object.
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p. 34 exercise 4 - put the adverbials in the correct positions in the sentences
1 Gladstone Gulp goes on a new diet every few months because he feels heavy.
2 He regularly uses diet pills to increase his metabolism.
3 He occasionally rides an exercise bicycle very hard to use up calories.
4 He sometimes trades diet plans with his friend Biff.
5 Whenever he can, he carefully reads about every new diet in magazines.
6 He doesn’t always follow their directions carefully.
7 He usually drinks a special vitamin supplement to make sure he gets proper nutrition.

He rides a bicycle quickly to use up calories. (“quickly” describes “ride”)
He rides a bicycle to use up calories quickly. (“quickly” describes “use”)

Please turn the light in the garage over your brother’s car on. (This is not incorrect grammar, but it can be confusing to have so many words between “turn” and “on”.)
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Homework: p. 35 exercise 5 - write about things you (or someone else) do every day, for your health, etc.