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The document provides information about adverbial phrases: 1) An adverbial phrase describes where, when or how often something happens. It includes adverbs and prepositional phrases of place. 2) Common adverbs of place include outside, inside, indoors, upstairs, downstairs, here, there, abroad, overseas. Adverbial phrases usually follow verbs or objects. 3) The document gives examples of sentences using adverbial phrases and discusses their uses for location, direction, and distance.

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Lesson 3

The document provides information about adverbial phrases: 1) An adverbial phrase describes where, when or how often something happens. It includes adverbs and prepositional phrases of place. 2) Common adverbs of place include outside, inside, indoors, upstairs, downstairs, here, there, abroad, overseas. Adverbial phrases usually follow verbs or objects. 3) The document gives examples of sentences using adverbial phrases and discusses their uses for location, direction, and distance.

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1C LET´S GO INDOORS

1. GRAMMAR ADVERBIAL PHRASES

An adverbial phrase is a group of words which always go together. they describe where,
when or how often something happens.

Adverbial phrases of place.

Use adverbs and adverbial phrases of place to  John looked around but he couldn't see the
talk about where something happens. monkey.

 I searched everywhere I could think of.


Adverbs of place include:
outside, inside, indoors, upstairs, downstairs  I'm going back to school.
(over) here, (over) there  Come in!
abroad, overseas
 They built a house nearby.

 She took the child outside

Form:
1) Adverbs of place usually go after a verb.
She lives abroad.
Let’s go indoors.
2) Adverbs of place can also go after the object of the sentence.
Rachel works in the office upstairs.
Your bag is on the table over there.
3) Here and There: Here and there are common adverbs of place. They give a location
relative to the speaker.

Come here! => Come towards me.

The table is in here. => Come with me; we will go see it together.

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Most adverbials of place are prepositional phrases:


 They are in France at present.
 Come and sit next to me.

But we also use adverbs:

abroad downstairs nearby overseas

ahead here next door there

away indoors out of doors upstairs

 They are abroad at present.


 Come and sit here.

We use adverbials to talk about where someone or something is (LOCATION)


 He was standing by the table.
We use adverbials to talk about the direction in which someone or something is moving (DIRECTION)
 Walk past the bank and keep going to the end of the street.
We use adverbials to show how far things are (DISTANCE)
 Birmingham is 250 kilometers from London.
 We live in Birmingham. London is 250 kilometers away.

LOCATION DIRECTION DISTANCE

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2. GRAMMAR PRACTICE
2.1. Alice is talking on the phone. Read her directions from the train station to her home.
Then choose the phrases that are adverbials of place.

You're at the station at the moment, right? OK, so I live about a kilometer from there.
Go out of the station and walk down the road and away from the city center.
at the station from there at the moment
down the road away from the city center out of the station

After ten minutes, you'll see a park on your right. Go across the park and towards an
office building.

After ten minutes towards an office building

on your right across the park

You can't miss it – it's really tall and it's only 200 meters away. My apartment block is
opposite the office building and next to a little supermarket. OK? I'll be waiting for you
outside. Call me again if you have any problems!

opposite the office building away really tall

next to a little supermarket outside any problems

2.2. Adverbs of Place


Make sentences and put the adverbs (in italics print) in correctly (behind the verb or object).

4. playing / the kids / are / outside –


1. is / over there / the cinema - 5. she / not / been / here / has –
The cinema is over there. 6. the bathroom / is / upstairs –
2. inside / go / let's – 7. were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you –
3. the kitchen / downstairs / is 8. we / anywhere / you / find / couldn't –
9. ? / there / a post office / nearby / is –
10. must / we / walk / back home

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3. READING

3.1. Read the text and underline the adverbials you find.

The Football Game


Yesterday, my brother and I went to see a football game. We watched our two favorite teams, the
Eagles and the Hawks. It was the second week of the season, and the day was much colder than the
week before. We arrived at the stadium at 11:30 am, which is a little earlier than usual. We were
excited because I love the Hawks and he loves the Eagles.
The seats were good, but I wanted something closer to the field. However, we sat and enjoyed the
game. Well, we enjoyed it until we started arguing. My brother and I both think our team is better
than the other team. He always says to me that the Eagles are faster, stronger, and smarter than the
Hawks. I never agree. On this day, he was wrong. The Hawks played a lot better than the Eagles. They
looked stronger and tougher than the Eagles. They won by 15 points.
One thing I didn’t like was that the food and drinks were much more expensive than in other places,
and tasted much worse. I was surprised that a hot dog cost $7, which is more expensive than the $3 I
pay outside the stadium. In addition, the hot dog was smaller than standard hot dogs. So, I was a little
sad about my meal, but I planned to get something tastier after the game.

Driving home I talked about how much better my team was than the Eagles. My brother was getting
angry, and I noticed he was driving a lot faster than usual. We were lucky he didn’t crash. Finally, he
saw a police car, so he started to drive slower. We arrived home around 7:00 p.m., which is later than
normal. Usually, we get home at about 6:00 p.m.
Overall, it was a great day. I love going to the game with my brother. Even though we argue, I wouldn’t
want to watch the game with anyone else!

1. Which team do they go to? __________________________________________________


2. What does his brother always say about the Eagles? ____________________________________
3. What does he think about the Hawks? _______________________________________________
4. Why were they lucky his brother didn’t crash? ____________________________________________

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