A brief review of the difference between adverbs and adverb clause, the various kinds of adverb clauses, and the subordinate conjunctions with a brief practice using them. Created by Coleman's Classroom.

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Adverb Clauses
A Quick Review
with Practice

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Adverb Review
What is an Adverb?
It is a word that describes or
adds to the meaning of a verb,
an adjective or an another
adverb

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Adverb Review
Adverbs usually end in “ly”
(with a few exceptions):
Adj - careful / Adv -
carefully
Adj - quick / Adv - quickly
very, quite, often

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Adverb Review
Adverbs appear at the beginning,
middle, or end of sentences
depending on the type of adverb
used and the meaning intended.
There are adverbs of time (when),
manner (how), frequency (how
often), and place (where).

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Adverb Review
They will be here soon.
Tom played the match intelligently.
Jason talks sbout his classes
constantly.
How long are you over here?
Only Jack knows how to fix the
computer.
Jack knows only how to fix the
computer.

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Order of Adverbs: Initial
Position:
Time: Yesterday, there were
more fires in southern
California.
Opinion: Honestly, the price is
too high.
Manner: Quickly, we got into the
car before the rain started.
Adverb Review

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Order of Adverbs Middle Position:
Frequency: The academic
year always starts in
September.
Manner: The sports
announcer enthusiastically
announced the winner.
Adverb Review

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Order of Adverbs End Position:
Place: The children play
games outside.
Time: They begin their
volunteer duty next week.
Manner: The speech at the
convention did not go well.
Adverb Review

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Adverbs should be as close as
possible to the verbs, adjectives,
adverbs or clauses that they
modify.
She is very beautiful.
She is only a child.
The students learned sign language
amazingly quickly.
Italian ice cream is especially good.
Surprisingly, the train arrived on
time after it broke down.
Adverb Review

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Adverbs such as a lot, a little,
and slightly limit the word they
modify and appear before that
word.
George is a lot more tired today
than he was yesterday
They took slightly more time to run
the race today than last week.
Adverb Review

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What is an Adverb Clause?
A group of words which contains
a subject and a finite verb that
describes or adds to the
meaning of a verb, an adjective
or another adverb.

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Adverb Clauses
Adverb clauses allow the writer
to describe relationships between
ideas and to connect short
sentences.
I finished the novel that you
recommended. I didn’t like it
very much.
I finished the novel that you
recommended,even though I
didn’t like it very much.

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Adverb Clauses
An adverb clause is a dependent
clause that begins with a
subordinating conjunction and
must be connected to an
independent clause.
I don’t understand the concept
because it is very complicated.
After it rained for a week, there was
a lot of water in the canal.

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Adverb Clauses
Adverb clause without
independent clause is a
FRAGMENT!
Before we moved to the
mountains.
We lived in the city before we
moved to the mountains.

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Adverb Clauses
Adverb clause without independent
clause is a FRAGMENT!
Although the weather forecast
isn’t good, I ttink we should go
on our trip.
Although the weather forecast
isn’t good.

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Adverb Clause can be divided
into:
1. Time
2. Place (
3. Reason /Result
4. Contrast
5. Opposition
6. Condition
7. Purpose
8. Manner

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Time introduced by
After
before
When
While
As
whenever
• Since
• until
• till
• as soon as
• Once
• As long as

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Adverb Clause of Time
When he arrives, he will tell us the
truth.
Mary was dancing while John was
singing.
The train left as we arrived.

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Adverb Clause of Time
I will stay with you until your mother
comes home.
After he had got the money, he left
home immediately.

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Place introduced by
where
wherever
everywhere
anywhere

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Adverb Clause of Place
Nobody knows where he has been to.
He travels wherever he likes.
Everywhere I look, I see daffodils.
I see daffodils anywhere I look.

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Reason / Result introduced by
because
since
as
now that
inasmuch as
as long as
so that
such that

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Adverb Clause of Reason
I was late because I could not catch the bus.
Since I was late, I took a taxi.
As the weather was bad, we cancelled the picnic.
Tom was so weak that he could not run.
It was such a strange story that no one believed
it.

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Adverb Clause of Contrast
These clauses are introduced by
whereas and while

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Adverb Clause of Contrast
We took the train whereas Pete
drove.
While Tom is a good math
student, Pam does well in
English.

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Opposition / Concession introduced by
though
although
even though
no matter how
no matter what
despite the fact
that
in spite of the fact
that

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Adverb Clause of Opposition /
Concession
Although he is small, he is very strong.
No matter how smart they are, they are
required to do the revision.
No matter what the doctor did, the girl was still
dead.
Despite the fact that you are angry, I am still
going to go.

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Condition introduced by
If
Unless
Provide that
Only if
Whether or not
In case
Even if

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Adverb Clause of Condition
Unless it rains soon, the daffodils
won’t bloom.
I will buy a coffee provided that I
have enough change.
If he does his homework, he should
pass the class.
I will go to disneyland whether or not
it is raining.

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Purpose introduced by
so that
in order that
for fear that
in case

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Adverb Clause of Purpose
He arrived earlier, so that he would not be late.
They brought a lot of food for fear that they
would be hungry during the trip.
She brought the credit card in case she did not
have enough cash.

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Manner introduced by
as
as if
as though

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Adverb Clause of Manner
Please do as I have told you.
* He cries as if he were mad.
* He speaks as though he were the boss.
* The subjunctive is used after as if and as though.

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Practice:
1. __________ his illness, Jack
continued to work.
a. In spite of b. Despite the
fact that
c. Despite of d. Inasmuch as

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Practice:
1. __________ his illness, Jack
continued to work.
a. In spite of b. Despite the
fact that
c. Despite of d. Inasmuch as

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Practice:
2. __________ Daisy tried, she
could remember her first grade
teacher’s name.
a. As hard as b. Despite the
fact that
c. Although d. Due to the
fact that

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Practice:
2. __________ Daisy tried, she
could remember her first grade
teacher’s name.
a. As hard as b. Despite the
fact that
c. Although d. Due to the
fact that

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Practice:
3. Many people decrease their fat
intake so that they _________
control their cholesterol.
a. can b. could
c. will d. would

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Practice:
3. Many people decrease their fat
intake so that they _________
control their cholesterol.
a. can b. could
c. will d. would

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Practice:
4. Jack is leaving his job because his
boss treats him as if he
__________ his personal slave.
a. is b. were
c. was d. had been

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Practice:
4. Jack is leaving his job because his
boss treats him as if he
__________ his personal slave.
a. is b. were
c. was d. had been

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Practice:
5. Frank had __________ on his
vacation that he didn’t want to
return.
a. a so good b. such a good time
time
c. So much d. so much fun
good time

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Practice:
5. Frank had __________ on his
vacation that he didn’t want to
return.
a. a so good b. such a good time
time
c. So much d. so much fun
good time

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Practice:
6. By the time the hurricane
_________ the coast of Florida,
most of the people living there will
be gone.
a. hit b. will hit
c. has hit d. hits

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Practice:
6. By the time the hurricane
_________ the coast of Florida,
most of the people living there will
be gone.
a. hit b. will hit
c. has hit d. hits

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Practice:
7. Although I’d like to travel, _____.
a. But I don’t have b. I don’t have
enough money enough money
c. I plan to d. I can’t
leave soon.

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Practice:
7. Although I’d like to travel, _____.
a. But I don’t have b. I don’t have
enough money enough money
c. I plan to d. I can’t
leave soon.

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Practice:
8. We decided not to get married
_________.
a. in spite of b. despite we
our love love each other
c. Despite the fact d. because of
that we love we love
each other each other

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Practice:
8. We decided not to get married
_________.
a. in spite of b. despite we
our love love each other
c. Despite the fact d. because of
that we love we love
each other each other

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Practice:
9. Carmina stopped studying ______.
a. after she b. after she
went to bed reading 9 pages.
c. after she had d. after she
read 9 pages 9 pages.

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Practice:
9. Carmina stopped studying ______.
a. after she b. after she
went to bed reading 9 pages.
c. after she had d. after she
read 9 pages 9 pages.

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Practice:
10. ________, she graduated with
honors.
a. Because of her b. Because her
hard work hard work
c. Because she d. Because she
work hard worked hard

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Practice:
10. ________, she graduated with
honors.
a. Because of her b. Because her
hard work hard work
c. Because she d. Because she
work hard worked hard

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