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Adverbial Adjuncts of: Halliday (1994) offers nine of

them.
1. Location (place) where? / How far?
2. Extent (time) when? / How long? / How often?
3. Manner How? which can also include means
With what? and comparison What…like?.
4. Cause which can be subdivided into reason
Why?, purpose What for? and behalf who for?.
5. Contingency (contrast)
6. Accompaniment Who/ what with?
7. Role What as?
8. Matter What about?
9. Angle from what point of view?
TASK: Identify the AA of… in the following sentences. They are written in italics.
Which is which?
 Write the question word they answer next to the sentence.
 Write the function and the category.
1- He was killed in 1937.

2- He wrapped the parcel expertly.

3- He tied the dog with string.

4- We had dinner at that restaurant.

5- I asked him for the name of his tutor as a referee.

6- To the owner of the house, this had been a great problem.

7- She drove for another few miles.

8- It’s OK, she went out like a light.

9- She fell off out of lack of care.

10- Despite his exhaustion, he continued walking for two hours.

11- She never visits her grandparents.

12- I went Peter’s for a drink.

13- She was sitting over the grass with her brother.

14- Please, don’t worry about the results of the survey.

15- We had a new toy for her.

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