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.
• 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]"Examples are:
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.
|
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.
|
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