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Any of an adverb, an adverb phrase or an adverb clause can describe a verb.
- Adverb: She swam smoothly.
- Adverb phrase: She swam through the water.
- Adverb clause: She swam when she saw the turtle.
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A dependent clause used to describe a verb adjective or adverb?
adverb clause
What is different meaning between an appositive sentence and adjective clause sentence?
For something to be a clause, it must contain a subject and a verb. An appositive phrase does contain a verb. It's a phrase, associated with a noun, which provides more information about that noun (note that in this sentence, "associated with a noun" is an appositive phrase).Another example of a sentence with an appositive phrase is this:"Johnny, my neighbor, planted a tree."A similar sentence with an adjective clause is this:"Johnny, who lives next door to me, planted a tree."
When does a verb act as an adjective?
adverbial clause
What type of clause modifies adjective verb or adverbs?
well for adjectives it must be a describing clause and for verb it must be a doing clause and for a adverb it must be a modifying clause
Is the word describe an adjective?
No, describe is a verb. The adjective form is describable.
A dependent clause used to describe a verb adjective or adverb?
adverb clause
Is lost in thought a clause?
"Lost in thought" is a phrase or a group of words that acts as an adjective to describe someone who is absorbed in their thoughts. It is not a clause because it does not have a subject and a verb to form a complete sentence.
What is it called when a prepositional phrase modifies a verb?
An adverbial phrase. A word, phrase, or clause of a sentence has the aspect of an adverb if it modifies a verb. By the same token, a word, phrase, or clause of a sentence that modifies a noun would be an adjective, adjectivial phrase or adjectivial clause.
Is 'we had fun' a clause or a phrase?
"We had fun" is a clause because it contains a subject ("we") and a verb ("had"). A phrase, on the other hand, does not contain both a subject and a verb.
What is different meaning between an appositive sentence and adjective clause sentence?
For something to be a clause, it must contain a subject and a verb. An appositive phrase does contain a verb. It's a phrase, associated with a noun, which provides more information about that noun (note that in this sentence, "associated with a noun" is an appositive phrase).Another example of a sentence with an appositive phrase is this:"Johnny, my neighbor, planted a tree."A similar sentence with an adjective clause is this:"Johnny, who lives next door to me, planted a tree."
What is the difference between a clause and a prepositional phrase?
A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, and can stand alone as a complete sentence. A prepositional phrase, on the other hand, is a group of words that begins with a preposition and functions as an adjective or adverb in a sentence, but does not contain a subject and verb to form a complete thought.
What is an adverb and adjective clause?
An adjective clause is the group of words that contain the subject and the verb acting as an adjective. An adverb clause answers questions like how, when and where.
When does a verb act as an adjective?
adverbial clause
What is infenitive phrase and aclause?
An infinitive phrase is a group of words that starts with an infinitive (to + verb) and includes any objects or modifiers related to the verb. An adjectival clause (a type of relative clause) is a group of words that functions as an adjective and provides more information about a noun or pronoun in the sentence.
What can an adjective not describe?
An adjective can only modify a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase. It cannot modify a verb, adverb, adjective, or other part of speech...or it would not be acting as an adjective.
Where they would be protected from the wind is this phrase a noun?
'Where they would be protected from the wind' is an adverbial clause, a group of words that contains a subject (they) and a verb (be protected) but is not a complete thought, not a complete sentence.An adverbial clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb; the entire clause modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Is assisting you with your studying a clause?
No, it is a phrase. A clause is like it except has a subject AND VERB.
