Later, he uses another adverb to show the world where he could be dependable. The singer says that life was wonderful when he was young. When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,Īnd they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, Let's look at an example from The Logical Song by the rock group Supertramp. The relative adverb when tells about the time of an action. We use the relative adverb where to show the place of an action. Notice how you can put the sentences together with the word where:Īnother way to say that is "This is the pool in which I used to swim." That is a formal way and is usually only found in writing. The relative pronouns where, when, and why act as adverbs when they join sentences or clauses. It is often used to show time, manner and place, or degree. An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb or a sentence. Let's take a look at how relative adverbs work.
In this episode, we look at how the relative adverbs where, when, and why are used. We promised to give you more details about how to use relative clauses. In an earlier program, we talked about the relative pronouns who, that, and which. From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar.
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