Adverb Phrase From Bantul Village

As we have seen already in the section on Adverb, Adverb is a word which gives an additional detail about the meaning of a verb or an adjective or another adverb. In many sentences, the adverb need not be a word. An adverb may be a phrase as in the following sentences. Just as the work of an adjective is done by ‘a group of words’ called Adjective-phrase, so the work of an adverb can be done by ‘a group of words’ which is called ‘ADVERB-PHRASE’.

Examples:

• Clinton ran quickly.
In this sentence, the adverb ‘quickly’ gives another detail about the verb ‘ran’.

• Clinton ran with great speed.
In this sentence, the same meaning has been conveyed by using ‘a group of words’-‘with great speed’.

In this same manner, the meaning of an adverb can be conveyed by using different a group of words. That group of words is called ADVERB-PHRASE. In the following sentences, the first sentence and the second sentence in a pair convey the same meaning but using adverb in the first sentence and adverb-phrase in the second sentence.

• He answered rudely.
• He answered in a rude manner.

• He does his work carelessly.
• He does his work without care.

• No such diseases were known then.
• No such diseases were known in those days.

• The mango fell here.
• The mango fell on this spot.

• This product is available everywhere.
• This product is available in all places.

• You can find the pencil there.
• You can find the pencil in that place.

• He has gone abroad.
• He has gone to a foreign nation.

• We constructed this house only recently.
• We constructed this house only few months back.

An Adverb phrase is a group of words that does the work of an adverb.

Here few adverbs with their corresponding adverb-phrases have been given for you reference.

• Bravely…in a brave manner
• Bravely…With bravery
• Unwisely…In an unwise manner
• Unwisely…without wisdom
• Swiftly…in a swift manner
• Swiftly…with swiftness
• Beautifully…in a beautiful manner
• Formerly…in the former times
• Formerly… once upon a time
• Soon…at an early date
• There…at that place
• Away…to another place
• Loudly…in a loud noise

Few more examples:

Dari Contoh dibawah, kita bisa melihat adver phrase melalui kata yang digaris Bawahi.

• Did he behave well?
• Did he behave in a good manner?

• Go away.
• Go from here.

• Gently fell the rain.
• In a gentle manner fell the rain.

• The dying man replied feebly.
• The dying man replied in a feeble manner.

• Let us cease from work henceforth.
• Let us cease from work from this moment.

• The bodies were mangled terribly.
• The bodies were mangled in terrible manner.

• It was here he died.
• It was on this spot where he died.

• He seems to have acted promptly.
• He seems to have acted with great promptitude.

Like adverbs, adverb phrases can cause confusion because there is some flexibility in where they occur within sentences, and even in modifying the sentence structure. As well, adverb phrases are sometimes embedded into other phrases.
"Examples are:

a. 'Laura, a better, gentler, more beautiful Laura, whom everybody, everybody loved dearly and tenderly.' [Norris]
b. 'He had taken her hand sympathizingly, forgivingly, but his silence made me curious.' [Michelson]
c. 'David, on the lowest step, was very evidently not hearing a word of what was being said.'[porter]

Basic types of adverbs

In the section on adverbs, you learned about three basic types of adverb: manner, place and time adverbs. There are at least two more that are important. Frequency adverbs answer the question "How often?" about an action. Purpose adverbs answer the question "Why?". Here are some examples:

Type	Adverb	Example
Frequency	usually	Mike usually gets up early.
Purpose	for fun	I write computer programs for fun.

While the first example, usually, is a single word, the second example (for fun) is a phrase consisting of a preposition and a noun — in other words, it is a prepositional phrase which functions as an adverb phrase.

Adverb phrases made with prepositions

All kinds of adverb phrases can be made with prepositions. Here are some examples:

Type	Adverb phrase	Example
Manner	with a hammer	The carpenter hit the nail with a hammer.
Place	next door	The woman who lives next door is a doctor.
Time	before the holidays	We must finish our project before the holidays.
Frequency	every month	Jodie buys two CDs every month.
Purpose	for his mother	Jack bought the flowers for his mother.

Adverb phrases made with infinitives

Another kind of adverb phrase can be made with the infinitive form of a verb. Most of these phrases express purpose, as in these examples:

Type	Adverb phrase	Example
Purpose	to buy a car	I'm saving my money to buy a car.
Purpose	to support the team	The students all showed up to support the team.
Purpose	to show to her mother	Sally brought a painting home from school to show to her mother.