TROUBLE AREAS: ADVERB CLAUSES

PLACE: WHERE/ANYWHERE & WHEREVER/EVERYWH

ERE

where anywhere & wherever everywhere

Must be followed by clause emphasizes condition emphasizes all places that fit a condition

I have never lived where it snows.

Wherever there is widespread poverty there is violence.

The Secret Service protects the President everywhere he travels.

= a place = each place = all places

S0…THAT/SUCH…THAT

SHOULD INCLUDE A DRAMATIC RESULT

HE’S SUCH A GREAT STUDENT THAT HE WAS AWARDED THE ELI SCHOLARSHIP TWO SEMESTERS IN A ROW.

POSSESSIVES BEFORE GERUNDS

BECAUSE OF THE TEACHER’S INSISTING ON ENGLISH ONLY, THE STUDENTS BECAME MORE FLUENT.

DESPITE MY SISTER’S FAILING ALL HER COURSES, MY PARENTS STILL GAVE HER A CAR.

AS IF/AS THOUGH• GIVES INFORMATION ON HOW SOMETHING APPEARS/SEEMS—LITERAL (REAL) OR NON-

LITERAL (UNREAL)

• A TYPE OF COMPARISON

A. SHE SPEAKS AS THOUGH SHE IS A NATIVE SPEAKER. THEREFORE, I DON’T THINK SHE’S AN ELI STUDENT.

B. SHE SPEAKS AS THOUGH SHE WERE A NATIVE SPEAKER. SHE MUST HAVE A GREAT EAR FOR LANGUAGES.

VERB TENSE RULES

REAL—NORMAL VERB TENSE

UNREAL—ONE STEP BACK IN PAST

(EX. PRES PERF—PAST PERF & WAS--WERE)