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Iw
asc ryingb
ecauseIh adb eenw
atchinga s adfi
lmb
utm
yf riendd
idn’tc ryb
ecauses he
hada lreadys eent hefi
lm.
Thepastperfectcontinuousislikeallothercontinuoustenses
itisusedforactionsthattakeplaceoveraperiodoftime,
Isonlyusedwithactionverbs.
Positionofadverbandadverbialphrases
Adverb
Describesanaction
e.g.Heworkss lowly
Heworksa mazinglywell
Theycanbeaw
ordo
raphrase
Anadverbphraseisaphrasethatworksasanadverbinasentence.
Likeanadverb,anadverbphrasealsomodifiesaverbandshowsh
ow,when,
whya ndwhenandactiontakesplace.
ManuteachesEnglish
ManuteachesEnglisha
mazinglywell( howheteaches)
HeteachesEnglishintheevening( whenheteaches)
HeteachesEnglishtohelphisstudents( whyheteaches)
AdverbsPosition
Adverbofmanner
Describeshowsomeonedoessomething
E.g.Hes peaksE nglishveryfluently
Itgoesa
ftertheverb
Adverboffrequency
Describeshowoftenwedosomething
Goesb
eforethemainverbbutafterverbBE
E.g.In
everg
otobedbefore22h
Elizabethisa
lwayslatetowork
PILARNEVERISTIREDXXXX
PILARISNEVERTIRED
Adverboftimeandplace
(Time)N ormallygoattheendofasentence
Istudiedthealldayy esterday
Canbeatthebeginningofasentence
Soon,itwillbeChristmasorItwillbeChristmass oon
(Place)n ormallygoesb eforetime
Myparentswillbeh ereinhalfanhour
AdverbsofDegree
Describeshowmuchsomethingisdoneormodifiesan
adjectiveS
eepag137
Commentadverbs
Whichgivesthespeakeropinionusuallygoesa tthebeginningo fasentenceor
clause
E.g.U nfortunately,theparcelneverarrivedastS imple/P astC
ontinuous/P astP
erfect/
PastP
erfectc ontinuous
PastS imple
Tot alka bouta na ctionso
rp
asts ituations
e.g.W
henw
ea rrivedatt heb
uss tationa ndw
ents traightt ot hec ounter
PastC ontinuous
(Was/w ere+ v erbo nING)
Tot alka bouta c ontinuousa ctiont hath
appenedint hep
astw
hena nothera ction
interrupted
e.g.W
ew
erer eadinga b
ookw
hens uddenlyt het rains topped
Pastp
erfect
(Had+ p
astp
articiple)
e.g.W
eh adb eenfl
yingf ora boutt woh
oursw hens uddenlyt hec aptaint oldu
st of asteno
ur
seatb eltsb
ecausew ew
erea boutt oe ntera s torm
Pastp
erfects impleo
rp
astp
erfectc ontinuous
TheP astP
ERFECTC
ONTe mphasizest hec ontinuationo
ft hea ctivity
P.P.S implee mphasizest h