Grammar World Context 10. Adverbials

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Task 1. Picture the following situation: two people - Mother and Son - are discussing Mother's decision to move to India for permanent residence. Son is trying to change his Mother's mind and convince her to stay in London at his family's place and sell their old house. Mother is unwilling to do anything of the kind and reassures him in her decisiveness. Complete the following dialogues with the necessary types of adverbial modifiers as stated in the brackets. 

Son: Has anyone thought about what happens ... (clausal adverbial of place)?

Mother: They said somebody's going to meet us in Jaipur ... (phrasal adverbial of purpose).

Son: How are we going to know you're all right?

Mother: Well, I'll call. They do have phones there, you know. Or you can read my blog ... (clausal adverbial of cause).

Son: Your what?

Mother: On the Interweb. Just log in ... (simple adverbial of manner) and read my news.

Son: Well, I hope the first item will be announcing your return. I don't suppose they'll be paying for the journey back ... (complex adverbial of concession).

Mother: Look, before I go, I wonder, could you say one thing that's supportive? I've never done anything like this in the whole of my life.

Son: You've never done anything at all ... (phrasal adverbial of condition). I don't think you'll be able to cope. It's too complicated ... (complex adverbial of result).

Son: Well, let's just find out, shall we?