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

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 adds to the sentence.   2. Create a sentence in which you use a prepositional phrase as an adverbial. Underline that phrase, and then tell what it adds to the sentence.     3. Create a sentence in which you use an adverbial clause. Underline the clause, and tell what it modifies.     4. Provide a definition of an adjective. Then create a sentence in which you use an attributive adjective. Underline it, and explain why it is referred to as an attributive adjective.   5. Create a sentence in which you use a prepositional phrase as an adjectival. Underline that phrase, and explain why it is an adjectival. 6. Create a sentence in which you use a predicate adjective. Underline it, and explain why it is a predicate adjective.   7. Create a sentence in which you use a relative clause. Underline the clause, and then circle its antecedent.   8. Create a sentence in which you use a noun clause as the subject. Underline the clause. 9. Create a sentence in which you use a noun clause as the direct object. Underline the noun clause.   10. Create a sentence in which you use a gerund. Underline the gerund, and then tell what its function is in the sentence.