2017-06-27 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 the clauses in each sentence, and identify if they are independent or dependent
1 [Matt likes to get up early most days](I), [but he prefers to sleep late on weekends](I).
2 [Denise has a lot of work](I) [that has to get done](D), [so she won’t consider taking a vacation](I).
3 [Because they feel war is too destructive](D), [many people are opposed to military solutions for international problems](I).
4 [I once met a man](I) [who looked just like a friend of mine](D).
5 [John is looking for an additional job](I) [that he can do in his spare time](D) [because he needs some extra money](D).
6 [I know an old lady](I) [who swallowed a fly](D).
7 [Although I have many friends](D), [I still enjoy meeting people](I) [that I’ve never met before](D).
8 [Last night after dinner Peter wrote to an old friend](I) [who he went to school with](D).
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Adverbial order (for adverbs and phrases that go after the verb phrase):
manner (how?)
place (where?)
frequency (how often?)
time (when?)
purpose (why?)
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Some adverbs usually go before the verb, such as adverbs of frequency and indefinite adverbs of time. (“recently” and “previously” are indefinite, “yesterday” is definite)
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p. 34 exercise 3 - Underline the adverbials and decide what type each one is.
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p. 33 and 36 are about the order of adverbials. The best way to get familiar with the correct order in English is to read lots of good writing and occasionally take the time to do something like this, where you pay attention to the position of every adverbial or every article or so on.
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p. 35 exercise 5 - Stand up and ask each question to a different classmate. Write a sentence about their answer (including their name).
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Homework: p. 35 exercise 4 - Add the two adverbials to each sentence in the correct positions. (Sometimes more than one answer is correct.)