Understanding Adverbials in Sentences

This video tutorial explores adverbials, which are words or phrases that modify adjectives, verbs, adverbs, or clauses. It explains how adverbials can be formed using adverbs, subordinate clauses, or prepositional phrases, and provides examples of different types, such as time, place, number, frequency, and manner adverbials. The video includes exercises to help identify adverbials in sentences and concludes with a final exercise to reinforce learning.

What is the primary function of an adverbial?

• To modify conjunctions

• To modify prepositions

• To modify adjectives, verbs, adverbs, or clauses

• To modify nouns

Which of the following is an example of an adverbial?

• And

• Very

• Under the table

• Quickly

Adverbials of time tell us:

• Why something happens

• When something happens

• How something happens

• Where something happens

Which of the following is an adverbial of place?

• Yesterday

• Above the clouds

• Finally

• Softly

Adverbials of number indicate:

• The location of an event

• The manner of an action

• The order of events

• The frequency of an action

Which of the following is an adverbial of time?

• After a while

• In the distance

• Finally

• Softly

Which of the following sentences contains an adverbial of place?

• He arrived yesterday.

• She sings beautifully.

• We often go to the park.

• They live nearby.

Which phrase is an adverbial of frequency?

• Under the bed

• In the morning

• Twice a day

• With a smile

What is a fronted adverbial?

• An adverbial at the end of a sentence

• An adverbial at the beginning of a sentence followed by a comma

• An adverbial in the middle of a sentence

• An adverbial that modifies a noun

Identify the adverbial in the sentence: 'Every Monday, I go swimming.'

• I

• Every Monday

• Go

• Swimming