Transcript adverbs answering - Mulvane School District USD 263

THE PARTS OF SPEECH
noun
verb
pronoun adverb
adjective
preposition
conjunction
interjection
ADVERB: is a word used to modify a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb.
Most adverbs end in –ly.
Just as an adjective makes the meaning of a noun or
pronoun more definite/specific, an adverb makes the
meaning of a verb, an adjective, or an adverb more
definite/specific.
QUICK REVIEW
An adjective answers what three questions?
AN ADVERB ANSWERS
THESE QUESTIONS:
HOW?
WHEN?
WHERE?
TO WHAT EXTENT?
ADVERBS ANSWERING “HOW”
She quickly agreed to my idea.
The rain fell softly.
You need to drive carefully in this weather.
She did well on the test.
Now you try it! Come up with a sentence that contains an adverb
that answers “how.”
ADVERBS ANSWERING “WHEN”
May we go tomorrow?
Be sure to water these flowers daily.
We’ll see you later.
I did my homework yesterday.
Now you try it! Come up with a sentence that contains an adverb
that answers “when.”
ADVERBS ANSWERING “WHERE”
We lived there for two years.
I have the tests here.
Please step up!
I fell down.
Now you try it! Come up with a sentence that contains an adverb
that answers “where.”
ADVERBS ANSWERING
“TO WHAT EXTENT/TO WHAT DEGREE”
I am completely content.
He hardly moved.
I am too honest to cheat.
I never sing in front of other people.
I can’t dance.
Now you try it! Come up with a sentence that contains an adverb
that answers “to what extent.”
ADVERBS MODIFYING VERBS
The children laughed loudly.
I could almost smell the skunk from here.
First write your names on the exam.
I will meet you there tomorrow.
What questions do each of these adverbs
answer?
ADVERBS MODIFYING ADJECTIVES
Beth did an exceptionally fine job.
She is a very good worker.
Slightly cooler temperatures are expected.
That baby is so cute.
You are too late for the party.
Adverbs that frequently modify adjectives
completely
dangerously
definitely
dreadfully
entirely
especially
extremely
largely
mainly
mostly
quite
rather
surprisingly
terribly
unusually
ADVERBS MODIFYING OTHER ADVERBS
Calvin was almost always there.
We’ll meet shortly afterward.
She crawled through extremely carefully.
Note: Although most adverbs end in –ly, the –ly
ending does not automatically mean that the word is
an adverb. Many adjectives end in –ly as well (such
as the daily newspaper…only child…friendly person,
etc.)…so be careful!!!
As stated, you have also noticed that not all adverbs
end in –ly (such as far, not, too, etc.), so the only
way to really tell if something is an adverb is to ask
yourself what question the word is answering.
This is where it becomes very important to
differentiate between the adjective and adverb
questions. They must be memorized!!!
GIVE THIS A TRY!
Each person in your section must come up with a different
adverb to modify an action verb that begins with the letter
_____.
For example, if your group was assigned action verbs that
begin with the letter “e”, you might come up with creative
things like…
emphatically exclaimed, energetically entertained, eagerly
employed, enthusiastically explained, earnestly evaluated,
etc.
Good luck!!!
School House Rocks—Get Your Adverbs
Here!
http://www.youtube.c
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Activity
Complete Exercise 17 on page 394 of your
Elements of Language textbook.