047 TIME-ADVERBIAL-PHRASES

1. Phrase is a group of words.
2. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
3. We can use phrases as adverbs; such phrases, we call as adverbial phrases.
4. The selection box below shows some examples of phrases culled from proverbs.
5. Users, normally place the time-adverbial-phrases, at the end of a sentence.
6. We can locate time-adverbial-phrases at other places also, provided an awkward joining does not result or the sentence does not get an ambiguous meaning.
7. A time-adverbial clause has a subject + verb. A time-adverbial-phrase does not have.


Fill up the blanks, selecting appropriate words from the Choice Box.

SELECTION BOX:
at all times, at five, at last, before he was born, before very long, in a day, in three days, in those days, just now, once upon a time.

QUESTION BOX: *
1* Mr. Putin was President of Russia, ____ . ANSWER .

2* Politicians forget their promises ____ . ANSWER .

3* I have switched on the TV ___. ANSWER .

4* Rome was not built____y ANSWER .

5*Swine Flu was not known ____ ANSWER .

6* He that will thrive, must rise____e ANSWER .

7* No man is wise____ ANSWER .

8* The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken____ ANSWER .

9* Fish and company stink____ ANSWER .

10* He who pleased everybody died____ ANSWER .