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GRAMMAR REVIEW

REDUCING ADVERBIAL CLAUSES
TO ADVERBIAL PHRASES

Task 1:
Observe the following sentences. Compare the sentences in column A to
those in column B.

Column A Column B

When Cut Nyak Dhien heard Hearing this, Cut Nyak Dhien
this, she was enraged and was enraged and swore to
swore to destroy the Dutch. destroy the Dutch.

When Cut Nyak Dhien learned Learning that Teuku Umar
that Teuku Umar would allow would allow her to fight,
her to fight, she accepted his Cut Nyak Dhien accepted his
proposal. proposal.

Because Teuku Umar was Undersupplied, Teuku Umar
undersupplied, he surrendered surrendered to Dutch.
to Dutch.

Although Cut Nyak Dhien Despite her desperate fight
desperately fought back, she back, Dhien was captured.
was captured.

Discuss the answer to the following questions with your classmate.

1. What makes the sentences in column A different from the sentences in column
B?
2. What do you think about the length of the sentences in column A and column
B?
3. How do we reduce clauses to become phrases?
4. Sentences in column A contain adverbial clauses. Sentences in column B
contain adverbial phrases. How do we reduce clauses to become phrases? Pay
attention to the bold-typed parts of the sentences.

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