ADVERBIALS masterclass Advanced English lesson

hello everybody how are you guys doing hope everybody is doing amazingly well welcome back to another lesson of english with ashish and guys in today's lesson we are going to master what adverbials are what is an adverbial how does it look like different types different forms of adverbials how to identify it everything about it so the lesson is gonna be really interesting it's gonna be really informative make sure you watch it until the end i'm excited as always know you guys are too let's do this all right everybody let's start with understanding what exactly an adverb is so we'll look at the word adverbial want you to look at the word adverbial adverbial adverb so it's something an adverb is something that functions like an end verb it works just like in verb it's something an adverb is something that could be word phrase or clause an adverb is word just one word phrase group of words that does not have the subject or combination or can be clause group of words that does have subjective combination which functions like an ed work so an adverbial is something that gives information about verb this is what an adverb does like regular adverb it can modify an objective or an adverb itself as well but it generally modifies word right now let's read the definition out loud an adverbial is word just one word or phrase group of words that does not have the subject verb combination or clause group of words that does have the subject verb combination that modifies verb by giving information about it so it gives information about verb understand this it generally gives information about work but like regular adverb regular adverb is one word adverb which functions only as an adverb it is just word that functions only as network so as an as regular adverb it can modify an ejective and then adverb itself as well but it generally it often modifies verb right let's take some examples of adverbials and see what they do right example number one let's quickly finish the task let's finish the task let's do something let's finish something let's quickly do this let's quickly finish the task right so here the word quickly is an adverb and it is also an adverbial why am calling it both in adverb and adverbial you'll find that out later on going forward all right so it is an adverbial why because it's functioning like an adverb it is an adverb right it's giving information about the verb finish it's telling us how the action is happening right let's quickly finish the task or how the action should happen how should we finish the task quickly all right second example will call you in the evening will call you when in the evening so this phrase in the evening is an adverbial is what an adverbial right giving information about the verb call telling us the time of the action when will call you when will this action take place it will happen in the evening right so it's giving information about the verb call and working as an end verb it is not an adverb by its appearance when you look at it it's not an adverb it's prepositional phrase but it's working like an edward so it is an adverbial all right example number three she met me last night at cafe she met me subject verb object she met me when last night this is talking about the time of the action right so last night is an adverbial giving information about the verb met talking about the time of the action when did it happen it happened last night and where did it happen it happened at cafe so at cafe which is another phrase which is giving information about the verb met and talking about the place of the action so both these phrases last night and at cafe are adverbials all right or we can call them adverbial phrases all right are they giving information about the verb met fourth example was calling you to ask something was calling you can call you for something right can call you because there's reason so why am calling you or why was calling you because of this to ask you something so to ask something or to ask you something is phrase that is giving information about the verb calling right talking about the reason or the purpose of the action right why did call you or why was calling you to ask something there was something that wanted to ask and that is why was calling you right so this is also giving information about the verb calling and working as an edward another example the company fight john as he had been misbehaving with some female employees the company's subject right fired verb john the receiver object right the company did something the company fired john right can there be any reason for that absolutely yes there can be and there should be right and there is the company fired john as he had been misbehaving with some female employees this is the reason why company did what they did fired john so this is this entire thing is dependent clause understand this clearly guys it is dependent clause why are we calling it clause because it has the subject it has the word phrase right subject verb phrase that means it's clause why it's dependent clause because because it starts with subordinating conjunction as on its own it cannot give complete meaning as he had been misbehaving with some female employees does not give complete meaning right so it's dependent clause that is working as an adverb so it is an adverbial clause why because it is working as an ad bob right it is working as an adverb talking about the reason it's it's telling us the reason of the action why did the company fire john because john had been misbehaving with some female employees which is bad thing all right so now we know what an adverbial is it is word or phrase or clause that functions like an adverb gives information about verb can also give information about an adjective or an adverb itself but generally gives information about verb we've seen some examples and understood that as well all right now it can be phrase word or clause let's talk more about it let's see some examples and understand this in better way all right let's look at some examples of adverbials as just one word all right he he opened her bag and took knife out of it he did something right how did he do that in what manner did he do that he slowly opened her back so slowly is word that is giving information about the verb open how it happened it's telling us right he slowly he opened her bag he slowly opened her back right just talking about the manner in which the action took place we sometimes watch horror movies we watch what horror movies so subject verb object right so we do something we watch horror movies we sometimes watch horror movies so the word sometimes it's it's talking about the frequency of the action it's it's telling us how frequently we do this how frequently we watch horror movies all right so again it's working as an adverbial it is an adverbial it is working as an adverb and that is why we're calling it an adverbial and these words are adverbs these cannot function in any other way so they are regular adverbs now understand this regular adverbs of words that function only as adverbs they cannot function in any other way but non-regular adverbs these are adverbials right regular adverb is an adverbial as well but leaving these regular adverbs the other adverbials are words or phrases not words phrases and clauses that can function otherwise that can function as adjective or noun as well right but these regular adverbs cannot function as nouns or adjectives or any other way right they only function as adverbs that is why we're calling them regular adverbs right but they are adverbial since they are adverbs since they are dwarf since they function as it works all right okay so words next is phrases right adverbials as phrases more than one word we chinese food once in while we subject eat verb eat what chinese food object we do something we eat chinese food how often once in while this is phrase right adverbial phrase talking about the time of the action how often do we do that it happens frequently once in while once in while all right giving information about the verb eat john and jeannie right this is the subject or guinea are fighting war phrase fighting veya on your terrace so john and genie are fighting where are they fighting they can fight at place they they have to they must fight right at police right so they're fighting this action is happening where on your terrace so on your terrace this phrase this phrase is giving information about the verb fighting and telling us the place of the action it is telling us the place of the action hence it's working as an adverb hence it is an adverbial all right it's phrase more than one word but it does not have the subject work combination that's why it's not clause now adverbial as clause example number one hid the money right subject verb object hid the money you can hide something at particular place right you always hide something at particular place right or in something right now ask yourself where did hide the money hide the money or hit the money where we met for the first time so let's suppose this is particular room where we met the first time right and this is the place where hit the money so hit the money where where we met for the first time so this is dependent clause that is working as an adverb right it's working as an adverb it's telling us the place of the action it is telling us the place of the action where did the action happen where did hide the money it hit the money where we met for the first time alrighty just give me second all right second example we all subject will go go out right phrasal verb or word phrase go out for what for dinner right when when will it happen when the meeting gets over right so this when the meeting gets over again dependent clause understand this dependent clause that is give working as an adverb right and telling us the time of the action when will we go out for dinner when the meeting gets over so let's suppose this is the time on the clock when the meeting gets over and this is the time where we leave for dinner all right so an adverbial can be word we saw that can be phrase we saw that can be clause we've seen that just now all right now types of adverbials right different types number one an adverbial of manner this type of an adverbial will talk about the manner in which something happens an action happens right adverbial of time it will talk about the time of the action adverbial of reason it will give the reason for the action right adverbial of place it will talk about the place of the action where an action takes place all right fifth is sentence adverbial right it it will modify the entire sentence it will give information about the entire clause all right seventh is adverbial of frequency it will talk about the frequency of the action how frequently that particular action happens right or takes place and the last is adverbial of degree it will talk about to what degree something is true right toward degree something happens or to what degree something is true or correct all right so let's look at them one by one let's understand them number one adverbial of manner these adverbials talk about the manner in which something happens right they opened the box hastily they opened opened the box in what manner hastly so hashley is an adverbial of manner that is giving information about the verb opened and talk about talking about in what manner the action happened right she quickly grabbed my hand she grabbed my hand she quickly grabbed my hand again talking about the manner in which the action happened it can be phrase or clause as well she very quickly grabbed my hand she just gave me second guys she very quickly grabbed my hand or she grabbed my hand as if was running as if was about to run right so it can be word can be phrase or clause right let me just give you an example she very quickly very quickly grabbed my hand right so here very quickly is an adverbial phrase all right an adverbial phrase of manner second adverbial of time this will talk about the time of the action right moxie is taking class when right now now or moxie wants class when now can make it phrase right now okay right now that will be phrase an adverbial phrase of time bought these bought these let's suppose i'm pointing out something right bought these right these when yesterday so yesterday is an adverbial of time word just one word can say bought these just give me second guys let's remove this bought these the day before yesterday so this is phrase bought these when the day before yesterday it can be clause as well bought these when was hanging out with my friends bought these when was in agra bought these when was in london something like that so it can be word phrase or clause as well all right third adverbial of reason right this will be an infinitive phrase an adverbial of reason is always an infinitive phrase right that gives the reason for an action right it can be clause as well i'll give you an example they left their jobs why to start business together they left what their job subject were object right they did something and what is the reason for that why did they do that for this to start business together so it's an infinitive phrase right have lesson on that as well infinite phrases so it's an infinite phrase that is working as an adverb giving information about the word left and telling us the reason of the action the purpose of the action to start business together it can be clause as well they left their jobs because they wanted to start business together right because or as they wanted to start business together right so it can be clause as well but it cannot be one word not this guys an adverbial of reason cannot be just one word it cannot be you can think about it you can try using word as an adverbial of reason you cannot do that right try that next adverbial of place it will give information about the place of the action right don't go there go where there come here right it's not safe we will meet in the park we will meet where in the park we will meet where we met for the first time it can be cross as well right she follows me where everywhere go right where everywhere go so it can be word phrase or clause now next sentence adverbial these are the generally are one words that tell the speaker's opinion or or point of view about the entire situation right let's look at these examples and try to understand how they modify the entire sentence right the entire main clause example number one fortunately was there to help you so the main clause is for was there why to help you was there why to help you right now this entire situation is fortunate to the speaker right this this entire situation is fortunate to the speaker it was fortunate that was there to help you so according to the speaker or from his or her point of view it was fortunate that he or she was there to help you so the speaker is passing that comment about the entire situation all right second example shockingly he finished everything within an hour so this entire thing that he finished everything within an hour this entire thing is shocking to the speaker right finishing this is not shocking right it was him it was the action it was the object it was the timing as well so everything was shocking right so this entire incident was was shocking to the speaker all right so both these words fortunately and shockingly are passing comment right modifying the entire clause main sentence okay sentence adverbial next adverbial of frequency these adverbials talk about the frequency of an action all right we hardly have parties at home we have parties at home we hardly like rarely it doesn't happen quite often right we hardly have parties at home right so it's giving information about the verb have we have we throw parties at home we hardly do this all right talking about the frequency she usually comes here to have noodles so she comes here to have noodles right but she usually right it usually happens quite frequently it happens all right so adverbials of frequency talk about the frequency in which an action takes place all right diverbial of degree the last type this adverbial talks about to what degree something happens or to what degree something is true is is factual all right example number one have almost finished my work have finished my work subject have finished were freeze have finished my work have almost finished my work right so it's not completely true that have finished my work gives the meaning that the work is done have almost so it tells us to what extent the work has been done it's not been completely finished it's almost been finished all right there is something left here there is something left to be done yet okay the work is almost finished so the word almost is is modifying the word finished right and talking about to what extent this verb is true right second example the coffee is too hot the coffee subject is linking verb right linking verb main verb hot adjective subject compliment the coffee is hot the coffee is too hot so it's telling us to what degree it is hot it is very hot where is another adverbial of degree the coffee is extremely hot too hot very hot all right adverbial of degree third example he kicks he subject kicks verb fast right of another adverb he kicks how fast he'd work adverbial all right he kicks how fast adverbial of manner he kicks somewhat fast right so it's not fast the fast fast it is somewhat fast like so it is an adverbial that is modifying another adverbial which is fast right so it's word that is modifying energy and know what that is why we're calling in calling it an ad verb right and and and verb itself is an adverbial right so somewhat is modifying the adverb fast right so these are different types of adverbs now different forms of adverbials let's talk about different forms it can come in all right different appearance it can take number one it can be prepositional phrase prepositional phrase can function as an adverbial all right it can work like an adverb number two infinity phrases infinite phrases can also function as an adverb right they can be adverbials number three dependent clauses yes dependent clauses can function as an adverb and they can be adverbial all right number four regular edward all the regular adverb one word adverb are adverbial all right regular edward frick is number five so all the regular edward phrases that are phrases that are formed out of regular adverb these are also adverbials because they function as an adverb right all adverbs are adverbials but all adverbials don't need to be an adverb we'll talk about that very soon all right number one prepositional phrases prepositional phase is prepositional phrase is phrase that starts with preposition and followed by the object of the preposition this is what prepositional faces but first comes the preposition followed by the object of the preposition right now prepositional phrase can function as an ed verb when it functions as an adverb we call it an adverbial phrase all right examples i'll call you will call you when in some time so in some time is prepositional phrase starting with the preposition in right followed by the noun phrase sometime right functioning as an adverb talking about the time of the action when will it happen it will happen in some time right it's modifying the verb call talking about the time of the action another example he is hiding subject verb phrase is hiding where behind the curtains right so this is again preposition phrase starting with the preposition behind followed by the noun phrase object of the preposition behind what the curtains working this entire thing is working as an adverb talking about the place of the action modifying the verb hiding and talking about the place of the action where is it happening where is the action happening where is he hiding he's hiding behind the curtains all right so these are prepositional phrases that are working as an adverb hence we are calling them adverbial faces all right beautiful next infinitive phrases these are phrases that start with an infinitive that is two plus base form of verb followed by an object or modifier or both all right this is what an infinitive phrase looks like okay let's look at the examples left early left early early's another adverb adverbial why why did do that to see you again right so to see you again is an infinitive phrase starting with the infinitive 2c is the object to see whom you again is modifier right so this together forms an infinite phrase to see you again is an infinitive phrase that is working as an adverb modifying the verb left talking about the reason for the action why did leave early to see you again because wanted to see you again all right infinity phrases when function as adverbs they talk about the reason the purpose for the action all right number two sunil has settled in london sunil has settled subject warfares in london preposition phase this is another adverbial phrase settled where in london why to earn more money all right so this is an infinite phrase to earn infinitive more money object right sunil has settled in london why why has he done that to earn more money so this is talking about this is modifying the websetter and talking about the reason why has he settled in london the reason is to earn more money right so infinity phrases can function as an adverb when they do we call them adverbial phrases because they function as an edward all right next dependent clauses what are dependent clauses these are clauses that start with subordinating conjunction and these clauses cannot give complete meaning these are dependent these depend on an independent clause all right so these dependent clauses can function as an adverb as well when they do we call them adverbial clauses right they can function as noun as well they can function as an adjective as well so these are not adverbs regular adverbs because they don't only function function only as an adverb they can function as an adverb that's why we call them adverbials all right example number one we will go to nice cafe we will do something we will go this is the verb to here this place when after this boring class gets over this is what you guys say right in classroom class is always boring right know you're not talking about my class know that right after this class after this boring class gets over right so when will this action happen when we when will we go out to nice cafe after this boring class gets over so this is dependent clause starting with this subordinating conjunction after followed by the subject this boring class subject gets is the verb okay so hence it's clause dependent laws we will go to nice cafe when when after this boring class gets over so it's working as an adverb talking about the time of the action second don't call me do not call me call me when call when until you arrange the money until subordinating conjunction use subject arrange verb the money object right so we have dependent clause working as an adverb since it's working as network we call it an adverbial since it's clause we'll call it an adverbial clause got it beautiful regular adverb now these are words that function only as an adverb they function only as an adverb they modify verbs adjectives and adverbs itself right but they cannot function otherwise they only function as two orbs right she dances beautifully she dances peacefully she dances slowly fast these words can function only as adverbs right these are regular adverbs and these are adverbials as well why because all adverbs are adverbials the girl slowly walked up to me and said sorry the girl walked up to me how she how did she walked walk up to me she walked slowly up to me right slowly talking about the manner in which the action happened all right so regular adverbs these words cannot function otherwise these words cannot function as noun adjective or any other function all right regular edward phrases these are adverb phrases that are formed out of regular adverbs right so we have how do we form regular edward phrase so we have an intensifier an intensifier which is basically an adverb or mitigator miti data which is also an adverb plus regular regular adverb right this is how we form regular adverb phrase intensifier an intensifier is word that intensifies the meaning of an adverb and mitigator is word that doesn't intensify that weakens the meaning of the edward all right so you hit us how hard you hit us hard you hit us very hard so very is intensifying the meaning of the word heart so hard is an adverb very is modifying this it is also working as an adverb together it's an edward phrase very hard you hit us how very hard right so it's an intensify intensifier plus dwarf she runs how quite fast fast quite fast right quite fast regular inward phrases these are also adverbials all right now this question must be coming to your mind that what is the difference between an adverbial and and it do work see an adverb is one of the eight parts of speech right we have eight parts of speech noun pronoun objective adverb preposition conjunction and so on right eight parts so an adverb is one of those eight parts of speech right and an adverbial is not one or any part of these eight speeches right it is bigger term it is just term that we've given to something if anything that could be word phrase or clause functions as an adverb we just call it an adverbial if anything understand this if anything functions as an adverb we just call it an adverbial now that could be regular adverb right regular adverb functions only as an adverb but that is also an adverbial because it's functioning as an adverb right if it's not regular adverb if it is prepositional phrase or an infinitive phrase or dependent clause but functioning as an adverb we'll call it an adverbial so all these phrases prepositional phrases infinite phrases right these can function as adverbs these can function as otherwise as well adjectives and sometimes nouns as well right but regular adverbs cannot function as adjectives and nouns right so regular adverbs are adverbials and these other things are also adverbials when function as ed works right adverbs are part of speech adverbials are bigger term right these are words phrases and clauses that just function as adverbs so all adverbs are adverbials all adverbs are adverbials because they function as adverbs they modify work right but all adverbials are not adverbs right so prepositional phrases are not adverbs they can be but they are not right they can function otherwise as well so all adverbs are adverbials but all adverbials are not adverbs see want you to look at this prepositional phrases infinity phrases dependent clauses right these are not adverbs these are adverbials these can function as adverbs but they don't always function as adverbs they can function otherwise as well noun adjective right but regular adverb regular edward phrases always function as adverbs so all regular adverbs all adverbs are adverbials but all adverbials are not adverbs they can be all right we call them adverbials when they function as adverbs call this point so that's it about today's class guys hope you enjoyed it hope now you know what is an adverbial how it looks like how do we use it in sentence different forms different types difference between an adverb and an adverbial hope everything is clear we have detailed post on this on my website which is dot english with ashish sorry english with rcs.com go visit this website and you'll find detailed post on this i'll i'll give you the link in the description as well go check that out right and you'll get to know more about adverbials and if you guys are watching it for the first time haven't subscribed to the channel that's very bad do that right now 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