Question

Identify the adverbials in the following sentences and indicate their function:i.A fire broke out in the early hours of the morning.ii.Surprising, he arrived in time.iii.The fire brigade struggled for four hours.iv.He put all the books aside.v.We visit Delhi every year.

Answer 1

Sentences                                                                                             Adverbials

 

1. A fire broke out in the early hours of the morning.                  In the early hours of the morning

2. Surprising, he arrived in time.                                                             In time

3. The fire brigade struggled for four hours.                                      For four hours

4. He put all the books aside.                                                                   Aside

5. We visit Delhi every year.                                                                     Every year

 

 

Note: If the first word in second sentence is  'surprisingly’, then it is also an adverbial.