Find the Adverbial Phrases Worksheet | Teach Starter - Free Printable

You're looking at a worksheet titled “Adverbial Phrases” designed to help students identify adverbial phrases in sentences.

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✔ What is an Adverbial Phrase?

As the worksheet explains:
> *Adverbs give more detail about a verb. An adverbial phrase is a group of words that act as an adverb. They can tell us when, where, how, or how often.*

Examples from the worksheet:
- “We’ll play soccer in about an hour.” → “about an hour” tells *when* → it’s an adverbial phrase.

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📝 Your Task: Underline the adverbial phrase in each sentence.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one and underline the adverbial phrase (the group of words acting as an adverb):

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#### 1. I got dressed for school in the morning.
→ “in the morning” tells *when* → ✔️ Adverbial phrase
✔ Underline: _in the morning_

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#### 2. The coin dropped and rolled on the ground.
→ “on the ground” tells *where* → ✔️ Adverbial phrase
✔ Underline: _on the ground_

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#### 3. My family watches our favourite tv show every night.
→ “every night” tells *how often* → ✔️ Adverbial phrase
✔ Underline: _every night_

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#### 4. After dancing, I’ll practise the new steps.
→ “After dancing” tells *when* → ✔️ Adverbial phrase (this is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverb)
✔ Underline: _After dancing_

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#### 5. I run as quickly as I can toward the tv remote.
→ This one has two possible adverbial phrases:
- “as quickly as I can” → tells *how* (manner) → ✔️ Adverbial phrase
- “toward the tv remote” → tells *where* → ✔️ Also an adverbial phrase

But since the instruction says “underline the adverbial phrase” (singular), and typically in early grammar exercises we pick the most obvious or primary one — here, “as quickly as I can” is the main adverbial phrase modifying “run.”

However, if you’re allowed to underline both, you could do so. But for standard practice:

✔ Underline: _as quickly as I can_

*(Note: “toward the tv remote” is also correct, but “as quickly as I can” is the more complex and central adverbial phrase here.)*

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✍️ Final Answer Summary (What to underline):

1. in the morning
2. on the ground
3. every night
4. After dancing
5. as quickly as I can

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💡 Tip for Students:

Ask yourself: “Does this group of words tell me when, where, how, or how often something happened?” If yes — it’s probably an adverbial phrase!

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