2016-08-24 Grammar: adverbial position

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 32 exercise 2 - Put square brackets around each clause in the sentences (Also read p. 31)
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After dinner Peter wrote to an old friend. = prepositional phrase + independent clause
After he ate dinner, Peter wrote to an old friend. =  + independent clause
“after” can be a preposition (+ noun) or a conjunction (+ clause)

“during” is only a preposition, “while” is only a conjunction:
During dinner, Peter talked with his old friend.
While they were eating dinner, Peter talked with his old friend.
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p. 32 exercise 1 - With your partner, take turns asking questions that have these things as answers.
1 Who is the person who takes care of a country?
2 Where did he go? Where is your friend? Who went to the movies?
3 Who is cleaning the house? Who is ____? Are you Turkish? Are you ___?
7 Why are you going to school? (a “why” question about the purpose)
13 Why are you reading that book? (a “why” question about the purpose)
14 Why did you leave this city? (a “why” question about the purpose)
16 How long is he going to study English? (“until” describes a change of something that has continued to that time, so questions are usually with “how long”)
17 Who are you talking to? (maybe, but “my brother” would be a more common answer)
   Where is this gift going? (Now we need “to” in the answer, to describe the motion of “going”.)
20 How long can you use the library for free?
   Can you use the library for free? (“as long as” can mean something like “only if”)
21 Why is he asking for money? (a “why” question about the purpose)
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adverbial: a word, phrase, or clause that answers questions about a verb (especially “how”, “where”, “when”, and “why” questions)
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Homework: p. 35 exercise 4 - add the adverbials to each sentence
	(Read the paragraph on p. 34 to see examples of where each type of adverb and adverbial can be used.)