What Are Adverbial Clauses?

An adverbial clause (or an adverb

clause) is a group of words which
plays the role of an adverb. (Like
all clauses, an adverbial clause
will contain a subject and
a verb.)
All adverbs (including adverbial clauses) can
usually be categorized as one of the following:
Adverb Of Time Adverbs of
Comparison
Adverb Of
Adverb Of
Manner
Condition
Adverb Of Place Adverbs of
Adverb Of Concession
Reason
 Adverb Clauses of Time
An adverb of time states when
something happens or how often. An
adverb of time often starts with one
of the following subordinating
conjunction : after, as, as long as, as
soon as, before, since, until, when, or
while.
 1. After she graduates, she will
List of adverb get a job.
clauses of time : 2. I will leave before he comes.
After
3. When I arrived, he was
Before talking on the phone.
When
4. While I was walking home, it
While began to rain.
Since
5. I haven’t seen him since he
Until left this morning.
Once
6. We stayed there until we
Whenever finished our work.
7. Whenever I see her, I say
hello
Adverb Clauses of Manner
An adverb of manner states how
something is done. An adverb of
manner often starts with one of the
following subordinating
conjunctions: as, like, how and the
way
- I was never allowed to do things as I
wanted to do them.
- I wonder how I learn grammar
ineffectively foralmost fifteen years.
- We sometimes do not realizethe way
God help us.
 Adverb Clauses of Place
An adverbial place clause tells where
the action described by the main verb
takes place. An adverb of place often
starts with a preposition (e.g., in, on,
near) or one of the following
subordinating conjunctions:
anywhere, everywhere, where, or
wherever.
 Example :
List Adverb clauses  Young people have
of Place : to go where they
Everywhere can find jobs.
Where Everywhere we
Wherever went, people
greeted us warmly.
 She is always
drunk wherever I
meet her.
Adverb Clauses of Reason
An adverb of reason offers a reason
for the main idea. An adverb of
reason often starts with one of the
following subordinating
conjunctions: since, as, because, for.
 Example :
 I couldn’t come to your partybecause I was rather
sick.
The car crashed because the driver was careless.
Since this is a library research, all sources are taken
from libraries.
As this is the beginning of the football season , there
are bound to be large crowds at the match.
As women were not supposed to be novelist , she took
the name George Eliot.
The manager dismissed Mary, for she was very lazy.
Adverb Clauses of Condition
adverb of condition states the
condition for the main idea to come
into effect. An adverb of condition
often starts with if, unless, only if,
even if, whether or not.
 Example :
If it rains , we will not go out.
She will come if you invite her .
She will take this medicine whether
she likes it or not.
Even if they lose by five goals, people
will still love them.
Unless you love me, I will commit
suicide.
Adverb of Concession
Used to express ideas or actions that
are not expected (contradictive with the
fact).
 •  Example :
•  Although
1. Although he is small, he is very
•  Though strong.
•  Even though 2. No matter how smart they are,
•  Even if they are required to do the
revision.
•  While
3. Even though the weather was
•  Whereas
cold, I went swimming.
•  No matter 4. In Britain the hottest month of
the year is July, whereasin
Australia it is usually the
coldest.