‘... once a bomb had been dropped’ and ‘I left my bag’ are
both adverbial clauses of place linked to the main clauses by
‘where’. They saywheresomething happened.
Adverbial clauses of reason
Sometimes the subordinate clause will give a reason for the
main clause. This is known as anadverbial clause of reason.
The match was cancelled becauseit was raining.
‘... it was raining’ was thereason for the match being
cancelled.
Ashe was late home, they went out for a meal.
‘... he was late home’ is an adverbial clause of reason
answering the questionwhythey went out for a meal.
Adverbial clauses of manner
Like adverbs of manner,adverbial clauses of mannersay
howsomething is done.
She ran as thoughher life depended upon it.
The adverbial clause of manner ‘her life depended on it’
explainshowshe ran.
Adverbial clauses of comparison
An adverbial clause of comparison makes an explicit
comparison.
Sandra works harder thanher sister does.
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