D&A Week 4

Identifying & classifying adverbs

1. Homework: Read the text and underline all the adverbs in the following
text.
2. In class: Fill the table. The first example has been done for you.

Stunningly preserved bronze statues found in Italy

Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 about 160km (100 miles) north of the
beautifully preserved bronze statues in capital Rome.
Tuscany believed to date back to
ancient Roman times.

The statues were discovered under the

rather muddy ruins of an ancient
bathhouse in San Casciano dei Bagni, a
hilltop town in the Siena province,

Depicting Hygieia, Apollo and other Greco-Roman gods, the figures are said to be
around 2,300 years old. What makes the find spectacular is the remarkable condition of
the artifacts, which were preserved by the mud. Additionally, it is noteworthy that the
area was previously known only for its terracotta statues.

“Honestly, this find could rewrite history”, said Jacopo Tabolli, an assistant professor
from the University for Foreigners in Siena who leads the dig.

Most of the statues - which were found submerged beneath the baths alongside around
approximately 6,000 bronze, silver and gold coins - date to between the 2nd Century
BC and the 1st Century AD. The era marked a period of "great transformation in ancient
Tuscany" as the area transitioned from Etruscan to Roman rule, the Italian culture
ministry said.

Jacopo Tabolli suggested that the statues had been immersed in thermal waters in a sort
of ritual: "You usually give to the water because you hope that the water gives
something back to you".

The statues, which were preserved by the water, will be taken to a restoration laboratory
in nearby Grosseto, before eventually being put on display in a new museum in San
Casciano.

Massimo Osanna, director general of Italy's state museums, said the discovery was
certainly the most important since the Riace Bronzes and "one of the most significant
bronze finds ever made in the history of the ancient Mediterranean". The Riace Bronzes
- discovered in 1972 - depict an extremely well preserved pair of ancient warriors. They
are believed to date back to around 460-450BC.

Adapted from BBC News. Accessed November 9th 2022.

D&A Week 4
Identifying & classifying adverbs

Adverb What does it modify? Semantic class Position

1 Stunningly ‘Preserved’ (verb) Circumstantial Before the verb it
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