English 139 -- Assignment #3 -- Adverbials and Adjectivals

The directions for your third written assignment, to be completed outside class, are below. Unless otherwise noted in the statements or questions, use complete sentences in your answers. In constructing your sentences, observe all the rules of grammar, usage, and spelling. Please type your assignment, using a twelve-pitch font, and double space the lines so that I can read the sentences easily and have a place to insert comments. Place your full name (normal order), English 139, and Assignment 3 in the upper lefthand corner of the page. The assignment is due at the beginning of class, the date of which is listed on the syllabus. If for some reason you cannot turn the assignment in on that night, you may submit it as a late assignment on the following day of class; however, you will be penalized for tardiness. If you miss the second date, you will have to see me. The assignment is worth twenty points. 1. Provide a definition of an adverb. Then create a sentence in which you use a single-word adverb. Underline that adverb, and then tell what it modifies in the sentence.   2. Create a sentence in which you use a prepositional phrase as an adverbial. Underline that phrase, and then explain what it modifies in the sentence.     3. Create a sentence in which you use an infinitive phrase as an adverbial. Underline the phrase, and explain what it modifies.     4. Create a sentence in which you use an introductory adverbial clause. Underline the clause, and be sure to punctuate it properly.   5. Move the introductory adverbial clause in #4 from the beginning of the sentence to the end of the sentence. Indicate how the punctuation differs. 6. Create a sentence in which you use a single-word attributive adjective. Underline it, and explain what it modifies.   7. Create a sentence in which you use a prepositional phrase as an adjectival. Underline the phrase, and explain what it modifies.   8. Create a sentence in which you use a predicate adjective. Underline it, and explain what it modifies. 9. Create a sentence in which you use a restrictive adjectival clause. (Your text also refers to it as a defining clause.) Underline the clause, use the proper punctuation (if any), and explain what the clause modifies.   10. Create a sentence in which you use a nonrestrictive adjectival clause. (Your text also refers to it as a commenting clause.) Underline the clause, use the proper punctuation (if any), and then explain what it modifies.