Reducing Adverb Clauses to Phrases (1 of 4) - Advanced English Grammar-

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This is a lesson in four parts.
Part 1 - "Awake and Asleep" (a short story with reduced clauses). Review what adverb clauses are and why phrases are different.
Part 2 - Learn how to reduce adverb clauses of time.
Part 3 - Learn how to reduce adverb clauses of reason, how to make the phrases negative, and how to work with perfect and passive verbs.
Part 4 - Two review exercises.

INDEX for Part 1:
0:08 Introduction.
1:22 Story "Asleep and Awake."
5:57 Four comprehension questions.
6:56 Review of adverb clauses.
8:59 Two examples of adverb clauses of time.
10:05 Phrases vs. clauses.

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Note at the end of this lesson, there are two exercises for review.
Exercise 1 http://www.englishwithjennifer.com/adverb.phrases1.htm
Exercise 2 http://www.englishwithjennifer.com/adverb.phrases2.htm

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