GUDANG BACA

“Adverbial clause is dependent clause which functions as an adverb and gives an information about verb, adjective, or adverb.”

This clause usually combines with independent clause to form complex sentence. Complex sentence is a sentence contains by one independent clause and one dependent clause or more.

Adverbial clause gives additional information about independent clause to answer the example for example: how, when, where, why, or to what degree.

Adverbial clause is related with subordinate conjunction. For example: when, after, because, though, etc. that words are used to combine with independent clause.

Kind of adverbial clause: adverbial clause of time, place, cause & effect, purpose & result, condition, contrast/concession, manner and reason.

Adverbial clause can be in front of sentence and followed by independent clause or independent clause can be in front of sentence and followed by adverbial clause.

Because she had free time, she visited your house.
She visited your house because she had free time.

An adverb clause isn't just any group of words, however. A clause must contain a subject and a verb to be complete. 

An adverb clause also begins with a subordinating conjunction, such as "after," "if," "because" and "although." 

If you see a group of words in a sentence that acts like an adverb but does not have both a subject and a verb, it's an adverb phrase.