Adverb Phrases

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Adverb Phrases

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• A prepositional phrase that functions as an
  adverb is called an adverb phrase.
• Adverb Lets meet outside.
• Adverb Phrase Lets meet outside the terminal.

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Like adverbs, adverb phrases modify verbs,
adjectives and other adverbs.

• Verb We will travel with a tour.
• Adjective This tour is famous for its careful
  planning.
• Adverb Have you ever traveled far from home?

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Also like adverbs, adverb phrases tell how, when,
where, why, or to what extent.

• The tour will travel by plane. (how)
• The plane will leave in the morning. (when)
• Our tour will stop in many cities. (where)
• Well visit museums for cultural reasons. (why)
• Well be traveling for a long time. (to what
  extent)

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Adverb phrases can occur anywhere in a sentence.

• The plane was waiting on the runway.
• At the gate stood many people.
• I checked my luggage at the counter and boarded
  the plane.

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More than one adverb phrase can modify the same
word.

• After a few minutes, we stepped onto the plane.

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Which verb, adjective, or adverb is modified by
each underlined adverb phrase.

• We arrived in Paris early in April the city is
  beautiful in the spring.
• We strolled by the river and spent days in
  museums, the shops, the art galleries, and the
  cathedrals.
• After a few days, we drove through the
  spectacularly scenic Pyrenees mountains to Spain.
  
• We went to the shore, spent hours walking along
  the beach, collected colorful stones and shells,
  and ate seafood at a seafood café.
• The whole family was hungry after that long
  drive.

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Find the adverb phrases, which words do they
modify?

• 6. Our travels then took us to Germany for an
  unusual country-music festival.
• 7. In June we passed through Cologne during an
  extremely severe heat wave.
• 8. Nevertheless, the cathedral was full of
  visitors for a much anticipated organ concert.
• 9. Late in the month, ready for a change, we flew
  to Sweden on a chartered aircraft.
• 10. Famous for its food and fine buildings,
  Stockholm charmed us with its friendliness.

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