Grammar Lesson: The Adverb Phrase A prepositional phrase that
answers any of these questions—When? Where? How? Why? Under what
conditions? or To what degree?—is an adverb phrase. If you can
logically move the prepositional phrase within the sentence, it
is probably an adverb phrase. Remember that an adverb phrase
contains no verb. The adverb phrases in these sentences are
underlined. - We walked after dinner. (When?) - The little boys
and girls ran into the hallway. (Where?) - Audrey, one of the
chaperones, certainly handled herself with class yesterday.
(How?) - John built the wooden shed with much assistance. (Under
what conditions?) - The underdog candidate won the state
election by a landslide. (To what degree?) In each of these
sentences, insert an adverb phrase that answers the question in
the parentheses found after the sentence. Do not include any
verbs within these adverb phrases! - The hilarious cartoon aired
_____. (When?) - Wendy followed the older child _____. (Where?)
- None of these young child