Spring 2001 * English 110J * Tanaka 

E/M QUESTIONS FROM GROUP DISCUSSION

Chapter 6 ADVERBS 

 

 

 

1. PAGE 115. Children are almost always hungry. The book says <almost always> modifies <hungry>. Is this correct? 

 

2. 1/3: IDEALLY, the doctor would have completed the examination. Why does this modify the whole clause? 

 

3. 1/5: Although they practice DILIGENTLY, they NEVER satisfy their teacher.

The book only says there are two adverbs. What is ALTHOUGH? Does NEVER modify SATISFY? 

4. 1/10: You can NEVER work TOO CAREFULLY. There are three adverbials. NEVER > can work, TOO > carefully, CAREFULLY > can work. How does NEVER modify the verb? 

 

5. 3/2: I may POSSIBLY join you. The book says the adverb is manner but can't it also be time? 

 

6. 3/8: Have you ever gone THERE? Isn't THERE a pronoun? 

 

7. 4/8: Are you sure you are WELL? Why is WELL an adjective. 

 

8. 4/9: Are there ENOUGH bananas? Is ENOUGH an adverb? 

 

9. 4/10: He slept ENOUGH for two. Is it an adjective COMPLEMENT? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Page 121. I had problems with some of the examples of Nouns and Phrases used as adverbs. 

She stayed home evenings. 

The book says <EVENINGS> is a noun modifying <STAYED>. Is this true? Also, what is HOME? a DIRECT OBJECT? 

She always worked in the mornings. 

The book says <IN THE MORNING> modifies <WORKED>. Is this true?

11. 6/9: That house costs $500,000. The book says this is an adverbial. Why? 

 

12. 7/8: The student would not submit EVEN THE PLAGIARISM COMMITTEE QUESTIONED HIM ALL NIGHT. The book says the clause modifies the verb. Can it modify the main clause? 

 

13. 7/13: I lost the right heel of my shoe AS I WAS CROSSING THE STREET. Why does this not modify LOST? 

 

14. 7/25: WHILE I WAS EATING MY LUNCH, a friend dropped by. Why does this clause modify WALKED? 

 

15. 9/2: IN MUCH THE SAME POSITION. The book says MUCH should be kept. I don't see it.  

 

16. Page 126. Examples of infinitives as adverbs. I had problems with the following: 

The Senator returned to Maine to compaign for reelection. 

He works to survive. 

He sold to realize a profit. 

Why don't these modify the main clause instead of the main verb? 

 

17. 10/1. Jerry tends to become violent when he is frustrated. This sentence doesn't make any sense. Is TENDS a transitive verb? 

 

18. 10/2. The storm seems to cover several states. Is SEEMS a Linking verb? Why isn't the infinitive a COMPLEMENT. 

 

19. 10/4: He bats left-handed TO UTILIZE HIS GREAT SPEED. Why does the infinitive modify BATS? 

 

20. 10/6. They intend to travel to Scotland. I think TO TRAVEL is a direct object. 

 

21. 10/8. The landlord tried to evict his tenant. I think TO EVICT is a direct object. The verb TRY takes a DO doesn't it?