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Leaning Objectives
1. You will be able to identify, define and
demonstrate correct usage of adverbs.
2. You will identify adverbs and the words
that they modify.
3. You will identify intensifiers or adverbs
that modify adjectives and other adverbs.
4. You will rewrite the given passage with
appropriate adverbs to add meaning,
mood, and colour.
Adverbs
We Can Do Without
Developed by
Ivan Seneviratne
What are they?
Adverbs are words that modify an action
verb, an adjective and another adverb.
Examples
Modifying a Verb
When modifying a verb, an adverb may
describe or tell how, when and where?
Examples:
– I slept soundly. (tells how)
– I slept later. (tells when)
– I slept there. (tells where)
In the passage below, the adverbs modify
verbs. The adverbs are in orange colour and
the verbs they modify are in yellow colour.
The watchman raised his torch and
aimed for the intruder's head. He aimed
carefully. As he aimed, he yelled loudly. The
torch crashed heavily on the intruder's skull
and the intruder fell immediately to the floor.
The body hit the ground heavily. The
watchman laughed wickedly.
Modifying an Adjective or
Another Adverb
An adverb that emphasizes an adjective
or adverb is called an ….
INTENSIFIER.
Intensifiers
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almost
extremely
just
nearly
practically
quite
not
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rather
really
so
somewhat
such
too
very
Intensifiers
Intensifier may tell how and to what
extent.
Examples:
Adj
1. She is very pretty. .
2. They are extremely smart.
3. The puppy barked too loudly.
4. The boy ran rather quickly.
Adv
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In the next passage, the adverbs modify
adjectives. The adverbs are orange colour and
the adjectives they modify are in green
colour.
The watchman bent over the body. He
examined the hands. They were unexpectedly
large hands. They were very rough. They
looked like the hands of a builder or a
gardener. The feet were equally large. He
looked at the footwear. A pair of extremely
old sandals of a type no longer made.
Underneath the sandals were grey socks. The
socks were incredibly dirty. He looked at the
face. The face was very unusual but also
absolutely familiar to him.
Types of Adverbs
Adverbs of Manner
They tell us how the actions were done.
She moved slowly and spoke quietly.
Adverbs of Place
They tell us where the action took place.
Let’s hang the picture here.
Adverbs of Time
They tell us when the action took place.
It's starting to get dark now.
Types of Adverbs
Adverbs of Frequency
They tell us how often the situation occurred.
She takes the boat to the mainland every day.
Adverbs of Degree
They tell us to what extent something has
occurred.
It was extremely funny.
Interrogative Adverbs
Introduces a sentence that asks a question.
where, when, why and how
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Types of Adverbs
Adverbs as Connectives
Some adverbs are used as conjunctions.
moreover, anyway, however,
besides and nevertheless
hence,
then,
Adverbs of Reasons
They Introduce reasons or explanations for
things happening or being done.
because, because of, as, since, for, due to and
owing to.
Work in Pairs!
Rewrite the passage using adverbs.
Pat and Sandy walked to their new neighbor's
house. Their mother had made some cookies as a kind
of welcome present to the neighborhood. The
neighbor's house stood on the corner of the street and
was surrounded by a fence. The children looked at the
house as they passed through the gate.
"Look!" said Pat and pointed at a cat in the
window. Soon they were down the front path and
stood in front of the door.
"Well, ring it!" said Sandy and Pat did so. They
waited for someone to answer. Soon they heard
footsteps and the door opened.
Recognizing Adverbs
Most adverbs are formed from an
adjective by adding the suffix-ly or -ally
to the end. However, some words that
end in –ly are adjectives.
adjective + ly
Some adverbs have the same form
as the adjective.
high , low , hard , better , fast
The adverb corresponding to the
adjective "good" is “well.”
Spice Your Sentences
We walked slowly over the icy sidewalks to the
cafeteria.
Revised:
Slowly we walked over the icy sidewalks to
the cafeteria.
(for emphasis, add a comma after the adverb)
Slowly, we walked over the icy sidewalks.
In the next passage, there are adverbs that modify
other adverbs. The adverbs that modify other adverbs
are in orange colour and the adverbs they modify are
in italics.
The watchman smiled extremely widely and
then laughed very loudly. So this was the intruder.
What a surprise. He had seen this particular person on
several occasions in the university, walking around so
confidently as if at home. In fact, he knew this face
surprisingly well. This was the person he had seen
coming out of Professor Walker's office at the end of
term. He had wondered about that. After all, Professor
Walker had been attending a conference overseas.
However, he had come back pretty quickly when he
had heard that the language department was to be
amalgamated with the drama department.
The watchman looked down at the body again.
He hadn't realized that faces changed that rapidly after
death.
Your Turn!!!
Read
the
following
passage
and
add
appropriate adverbs to make it interesting.
The watchman recovered from the
madness that had overcome him. He was
sweating. This was a difficult situation. There
was a body at his feet. He had killed. It was an
easy thing to do.
What about Professor Walker? He ran
towards Professor Walker's office. He saw
Professor Walker lying across his desk with a
knife plunged into his chest. There were no
witnesses. Nobody knew about the things that
had happened.
Acknowledgment
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