Adverb Clauses

Adverb clauses modify adverbs, verbs, and adjectives. They tell...

• How?

• Why?

• When?

• To what extent?

• Where?

Identify the adverb clause in the sentence:

When you go to sleep, you give your body the rest it needs.

What does the adverb clause tell us in the sentence?

The trick was as complicated as any the magician had ever performed.

• How?

• To what extent?

• Where?

• When?

Identify the adverb clause in the sentence:

I gave Suzy her phone back after we left class.

What does the adverb clause in the sentence tell us?

Before you go pick up coffee, meet me at the library.

• When?

• How?

• Where?

• To what extent?

What does the adverb clause in this sentence tell us?

Lucas drove towards a restaurant where his sister is waiting.

• How?

• When?

• To what extent?

• Where?

Is there an adverb clause in this sentence?

Although Tammy knew the answer, she did not volunteer.

• No

• Yes

Is there an adverb clause in this sentence?

I will go to the supermarket alone unless you want to join me.

• No

• Yes

Can adverb clauses stand alone?

• No

• Yes

Adverb clauses are...

• Independent clauses

• Dependent clauses

• Simple sentences

• Sentence fragments