An adverb clause is a dependent clause that functions as an adverb in a sentence, providing additional information about a verb or action. It includes a subject and predicate, and is identified by subordinating conjunctions and answering “why?” or “where?” questions.
An adverb clause is part of a sentence that includes both a subject and a verb, but serves as an adverb in the sentence. Just like other types of adverbs, these clauses provide additional information that describes or indicates something about a verb or an action that has been taken. An adverbial clause is a dependent clause, which means that even though it has a subject and a verb, it is not a grammatically complete sentence. This type of clause can take many forms, although it usually answers a question about the other part of the sentence, such as “How?” or “When?”
Also known as an adverbial clause, an adverbial clause can be identified by a few different indicators, including the presence of a subject and a verb or predicate. In a sentence such as “The cat ran quickly,” the subject is “The cat” and the predicate is “ran,” while “fast” is a one-word adverb describing the cat’s action. Adverbs can also take the form of sentences, which include more than one word, to describe an action. “I went to the shop on Sunday” includes the adverb phrase “on Sunday” which describes when the action took place.
An adverb clause works in much the same way, except that it includes a subject and a predicate or verb that creates an entire clause. Clauses are parts of a sentence that include a subject and express a well-developed idea. In the sentence “I walked the dog because he was bored,” the subject is “I” and the predicate is “walked.” The direct object in the sentence is what the action was taken on, which is “the dog”. “Because he was bored” is an adverb that answers the question “Why?” about the first sentence of the sentence.
In this example, the subject of the adverb clause is “he” which is a pronoun referring to “the dog” in the previous sentence and the predicate is “he was bored”. If this adverb didn’t have both a subject and a predicate, then it wouldn’t be a clause. It is a dependent clause, however, since “because he was bored” is not a complete sentence. This is due to the word “because”, which is called a subordinating conjunction.
The use of a subordinating conjunction, such as “before” or “until”, is usually indicative of an adverb clause. Such clauses can be easily identified by the presence of a subordinating conjunction, the inclusion of a subject and a predicate, and the fact that it responds to a “why?” or where?” question type for the first clause. Another example can be found in a sentence like “He fell asleep after seeing the movie”, where “after seeing the movie” is the adverb clause.
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