Adverb Clauses

What is an adverb clause?

• A word that modifies an adverb, adjectives, verbs, and verb phrases

• A phrase that modifies adjectives, verbs, other adverbs, and verb phrases

• A phrase that tells you what a noun does

• Who?

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

What do adverb phrases begin with?

• Prepositional phrases

• Adverbs

• Subordinate clauses

• Subordinating conjunctions

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

What is the adverb clause?

As soon as I'm done, we can go.

• As soon as I'm done

• We can go

• As I'm done

• As soon as

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

What is the adverb clause?

Make sure and call me when you get home.

• Call me when you get home

• Make sure and call me

• When you get home

• And call me

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

What is the subordinating conjunction?

Frank was the only one there when we got home.

• Only

• Was

• We

• When

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

Adverb clauses modify _______, adjectives, and other adverbs.

• nouns
• pronouns
• verbs
• prepositions 

What is the subordinating conjunction?

Because it was raining, we had to wait to run.

• We

• Because

• Raining

• Had

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

What does the adverb clause modify? 
You may sit wherever you wish. 

• You
• may sit

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What does the adverb clause modify? 
When winter sets in, many animals hibernate in warm places. 

• hibernate
• animals
• warm places
• many animals

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What does the adverb clause modify? 
If it does not rain tomorrow, we will go to the lake to swim.

• we
• lake
• will go
• to swim

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G