Unit7AChristmasCarolPart1SampleTeachingPlansGoals◆LearnaboutCharlesDickensandhisworks◆Talkaboutsocialresponsibilities◆ReviewtheAdverbial◆WriteareviewofaplayPeriod3Let’sstudy!(ReviewtheAdverbial)Goals◆ReviewtheAdverbialProceduresStep1:ReviewingtheAdverbialWhatisanadverb?awordwhichdescribesorgivesmoreinformationaboutaverb,adjective,adverborphrase:Inthesentence‘Shesmiledcheerfully.’,theword‘cheerfully’isanadverb.Inthesentence‘Thehousewasspotlesslyclean.’,theword‘spotlessly’isanadverb.WhatisanAdverbial?wordorgroupofwordsfunctionasanadverb;oforrelatingtoorfunctioningasanadverb;“adverbialsyntax”用心爱心专心115号编辑AnAdverbialisaphrasethatgivesextrainformation,forexampleaboutwhere,when,whyorhowsomethinghappened.Alternatively,anAdverbialcanexpressaspeaker’sattitudetothecontentofthesentence(e.g.‘fortunately’,‘hopefully’)orhelplinkasentencetoanothersentence(e.g.‘furthermore’,‘inotherwords’).Thesefunctionscanbeperformedbyanounphraseoraprepositionalphrase,aswellasbyanadverbphrase.NotesAdverbialsareclausecomponents,likeSubject,Predicator,Object,andComplement.Inotherwords,thelabeltellsushowphrasesinaclauserelatetooneanother.ExamplesofAdverbialsare:(a)Wetravelveryfrequently.(AdverbphraseasAdverbial)(b)WetravelledtoIndia.(PrepositionalphraseasAdverbial)(c)Wetravelledlastyear.(NounphraseasAdverbial)Insomegrammars,AdverbialsarecalledAdjuncts.AdverbialModificationADVERBIALMODIFIERSarewordsorgroupsofwords(aswithaclauseorphrase)thatmodifyverbs,adjectives,oradverbs,butnotnouns.Theverb,adjectiveoradverbthattheADVERBIALMODIFIERmodifiesiscalledthehead.AnADVERBIALMODIFIERdescribetheactioninvolvedorimpliedinthehead.Assuch,thesemodifiersanswersemanticquestionssuchas:Inwhatmanner?(manner)Inwhatplace?Where?(place,where)Fromwhatplace?Wherefrom(place,fromwhere)Howoften?(frequency)Withwhom?(accompaniment)Step2:Doingexercises.TounderstandwhattheAdverbialis,pleasedotheGrammarexercises1and2onpage60.Step3:FindingexamplesNowyouaretoreadtheplayagaintofindandunderlineasmanyexamplesoftheAdverbialsaspossible.It’ssocoldinhere.AmIpayingyou15shillingsaweekforwarmingyourhands?Froststandsonthewindows.It’sonlyChristmasonceayear.…用心爱心专心115号编辑
