Transforming and Expanding the Sentence, Nominals, Adverbials, and Adjectivals Part I

Directions: In a separate Word document, identify the adverbials in the following sentences.

Example:My roommate went to the store to get some snacks

                                    Prep-adv          inf-adv

1. By the end of the second half, the playoff game had already become boring.

       prep-adv                                                                ord-adv             ord-adv

2. When the fall foliage shows its colors in New Hampshire, thousands of tourists go there

           adverbial clause                                                                                                    adv

                   

       to enjoy nature’s astonishing display.

inf-adv

3. On Halloween night, the neighborhood children rang every doorbell on the block to 

      adv phrase                                                                                              adv phrase

                    

            fill their goodie bags.

              inf-adv

4. The recent crisis in mortgage foreclosures may have occurred because most home loans these days pass through a nationwide chain of brokers, lender, and investors.

       adv-phrasee            adv clause

5. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, almost 70%  of

                                       adv phrase

     crashes and 55% of near crashes involve some form of driver inattention.

6. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, many sections of the city were

                        adv clause

     completely wiped out.

        adv                    adv

7. The myth of the “sugar high” may finally be laid to rest by a new scientific study,

adv                 inf-adv

according to a report in the Arizona Republic.

adv phrase

8. “Cowards die many times before their death.” (Shakespeare)

                                                  adv phrase

9. “Be silent always when you doubt your sense.” (Alexander Pope)

                                        adv clause

10. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”

(Winston Churchill)                adv phrase                                      adv              adv           


Transforming and Expanding the Sentence, Nominals, Adverbials, and Adjectivals  Part II available at http://goo.gl/k01iv


Transforming and Expanding the Sentence, Nominals, Adverbials, and Adjectivals  Part III
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