2019-03-19 Grammar: adverbial position

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 32 exercise 2 - put [brackets] around each clause
1 [Matt likes to get up early most days], [but he prefers to sleep late on weekends.]
2 [Denise has a lot of work [that has to get done]], [so she won’t consider taking a vacation.]
3 [Because they feel [war is too destructive]], [many people are opposed to the military solutions for international problems.]
4 [I once met a man [who looked just like a friend of mine.]]
5 [John is looking for an additional job [that he can do in his spare time]] [because he needs some extra money.]
6 [I know an old lady [who swallowed a fly.]]
7 [Although I have many friends], [I still enjoy meeting people [that I’ve never met before.]]
8 [Last night after dinner, Peter wrote to an old friend [who he went to school with.]]
	(or: “with whom he went to school”)
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[My neighbor, [who looks just like a friend of mine], is on vacation this week.]
[The restaurant [where we ate last night] is closed today.]
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If they go after the verb, the typical order of adverbials is:
manner, place, frequency, time, reason
- If one piece of adverbial information is more important, it can go at the beginning of the sentence.
- adverbs of frequency, certainty, and some other types usually go between the subject and the verb
- adverbs of manner and indefinite time can go before or after the main verb
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p. 35 exercise 4 - With your partner, add the adverbials (after the verbs if possible) in the correct order.
1 Gladstone Gulp goes on a new diet every few months because he feels heavy.
2 He uses diet pills regularly 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.
  He trades diet plans sometimes with his friend Biff.
  (He trades diet plans with his friend Biff sometimes. - “sometimes” and “occasionally” can go at the end)
5 He reads about every new diet carefully in magazines whenever he can.
  He reads carefully about every new diet in magazines whenever he can.
6 He doesn’t always follow their directions carefully.
7 He usually drinks a special vitamin supplement to make sure he gets proper nutrition.
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He goes on a diet because he feels heavy every few months.
	= He feels heavy every few months, so he goes on a diet.
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exercise 5 - Ask your partner to find out things they do (every day, very well, etc.)
Write their answers in complete sentences.
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Homework: p. 36-7 exercise 6 - identify the form (adverb, phrase, clause) and meaning (manner, place, frequency, time, reason) of each underlined adverbial