张道真，英语教学界的泰斗、著名的英语语法学家。在英语语法、是国内外英语语法领域具有高深的造诣和卓越的建树，是国内外英语语法学界公认的权威和大师。这里是张老的《简明英语语法》。
180．状语表示法
状语可以由一下面这些东西表示：
1．副词：
what you said is only partly true．你的话只部分地对。
she will write to you soon．她不久将给你写信。
2．介词短语：
thank you for bringing it．谢谢你帮我带来了。
she helped us out of kinjness．她帮助我们是出于好心。
3．不定式（短语）:
i've come to say gooddbye to you．我是来和你道别的。
4．分词（短语）:
they were busy earning a living．他们都为生活奔忙。
my garden is small compared with yours．和你的花园比我的花园是很小的。
5．形容词：
now she was back , eage to see her friens．现在她回来了，待见到她的朋友们。
6．词组：
she jumped ten feet．她跳了十英尺远。
7．复合结构：
that being the case , we'll have to reconsider the whole thing. 情况既然如此，我们就得重新考虑整个这件事。
8．从句：
strong as he was , he couldn't lift it．尽管他很健壮，却把它提不起来。
间或可用名词作状语：
we have been sitting here hours waiting for you . 我们在这里坐了好几个钟头等你。