Adverbial Phrases

What is a phrase?

• A group of words that makes complete sense

• A group of words that does not make complete sense

• A single word that modifies a noun

• A sentence with a subject and a verb

Which of the following is an example of a noun phrase?

• Running quickly

• The white curtain

• Should study

• In the park

What does an adverbial phrase modify?

• A preposition

• A conjunction

• A noun

• A verb, an adjective, or a complete sentence

Which of the following is an adverbial of place?

• Outside the mall

• More slowly than before

• Because he was very late

• Since last century

What does the phrase 'because he was very late' tell us?

• The reason behind the action

• The manner of the action

• The time of the action

• The place of the action