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Topic Content:

  • Meaning of Adjunct
  • Single-word Adverbs
  • Adverbial Phrases
  • Functions of Adverbials

What is an Adjunct?

An Adjunct is an optional or structurally dispensable, part of a sentence, clause, or phrase that, if removed or discarded, will not otherwise affect the remainder of the sentence.

Since adjuncts function as adverbs or adverbials, we will discuss them as adverbials.

Adverbials could be single words, phrases, or clauses.

A.   Single-word Adverbs:

Study the following sentences:

1.    Ade lifted the bag slowly.

 

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QUESTIONS

The following sentences each contains an adverbial. Do the following:

i. Identify the adverbials.

ii. Indicate the type of adverbial.

iii. Use each adverbial in a sentence of your own.

  1. He came home in the morning.
  2. We met him at the saloon.
  3. She travels to Abuja once a week.
  4. The policeman spoke in a calm way.
  5. Peter drove his car down the road.

ANSWERS

  1. … in the morning           –        adverbial of time
  2. … at the saloon               –        adverbial of place
  3. … once a week                 –        adverbial of frequency
  4. … in a calm way              –        adverbial of manner
  5. … down the road            –        adverbial of direction

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