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Grammar
Adverbial phrases

Underline the adverbial phrase in each sentence. Rewrite each sentence by placing the adverbial
phrase at the beginning of the sentence.

1 I was waiting at the bus stop for half an hour.

2 My parents and I go jogging every evening.

3 I will go to bed after the show.

4 I stared at the bully with a fierce look on my face.

I stared at the bully.

Answers:  1. For half an hour, I was waiting at the bus stop.  2. Every evening, my parents and I go jogging.  3. After the show, I will go to bed.  4. With a fierce look on my face,

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Grammar
Adverbial phrases

Fill in each blank with the type of adverbial phrase required.

1 Jack was absent from school .

adverbial phrase of reason

2 I watched the comedy .

adverbial phrase of time

3 My sister and I visited our grandparents .

adverbial phrase of frequency

4 I stormed into the room and shouted .

adverbial phrase of manner

Suggested Answers:  1. because of his stomachache  2. after dinner  3. once a fortnight  4. at the top of my voice

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Grammar
Adverbial phrases

Fill in each blank with the type of adverbial phrase required.

1 I stayed in the library.

adverbial phrase of duration

2 , my family and I will travel overseas.

adverbial phrase of frequency

3 The plumber will arrive to fix my broken pipe.

adverbial phrase of time

4 I cycled to catch up with my brother.

adverbial phrase of manner

Suggested Answers:  1. for an hour  2. Every December  3. in half an hour  4. at top speed

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Vocabulary
Feelings

Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Use each word once only.

nervous surprised annoying relieved

confusing eagerly difficult irritation
excitedly painful dreaded grumpy

I went to Sentosa today with my friends, Chloe and Annie. We were 1 to see how

much it had changed. The map was very 2 . We found it 3 to find

our way around. Chloe was getting 4 as we had to walk about so much. However,

once we reached the MegaZip Adventure Park, Chloe forgot about her 5 and all

of us rushed 6 towards the free fall simulator. It was something that we had been

7 looking forward to trying for a long time.

We were not 8 about having to jump off from such a height because we knew

that we would be securely fastened to the harness. However, what I 9 was climbing

the ropes at another part of the park. I did not want the ropes to cut into my skin because it would be very

10 . It was also 11 trying to climb when the ropes kept swaying

about. I was really 12 when I finally completed the task.

My friends and I have agreed to go to Sentosa again next week to visit another attraction there.

12. relieved
Answers:  1. surprised  2. confusing  3. difficult  4. grumpy  5. irritation  6. excitedly / eagerly  7. eagerly / excitedly  8. nervous  9. dreaded  10. painful  11. annoying 

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