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Adverbs
They provide answers to
important questions.
What is an Adverb?
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An adverb is a word that describes or
modifies a verb, an adjective, or another
adverb
Adverbs usually answer the following
questions:
How?
Where?
When?
To what extent?
Examples of Adverbs that answer
the question “How?”
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Jason charged quickly.
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The two cars crashed loudly.
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How did Jason charge? – quickly
How did the two cars crash?– loudly
Mikayla opened her present eagerly.
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How did she open her present? – eagerly
Note: What suffix do these adverbs end in?
Examples of Adverbs that answer
the question “Where?”
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The Canada geese flew overhead.
Where did the geese fly?
– overhead
The boy was playing downstairs.
Where was he playing?
-- downstairs
It was raining outside.
Where was it raining?
--outside
Examples of Adverbs that answer
the question “When?”
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The instructor arrived late.
When did the instructor arrive?
-- late
Mr. Brown assigns homework occasionally.
When does Mr. Brown assign homework?
-- occasionally
Yesterday we watched a movie.
When did we watch a movie?
--yesterday
Examples of adverbs that answer
“to what extent?”
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Our cat is extremely lazy.
To what extent is our cat lazy?
--extremely
Adverbs modify verbs:
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Example:
Good drivers turn that corner slowly.
Adverbs modify adjectives:
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Example:
Really good drivers turn that corner
slowly.
“good” is an adjective modifying
drivers
“really” is an adverb modifying “good”
Adverbs sometimes modify other
adverbs:
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Example:
Good drivers turn that corner very slowly.
“slowly” is an adverb describing the
verb “turn”
“very” is an adverb describing the
adverb “slowly”
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Adverbs often end in “ly” (but not always)
Why use adverbs?
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Adverbs make the action in a sentence
more interesting.
Your turn
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First, underline the verb in each sentence
Then, circle the adverb that describes the
verb
Next, tell what question the adverb is
answering: how? when? where
Examples:
Jonathan drove cautiously during the
snowstorm.
how?
 Cassandra is watching TV upstairs.
where?
 The cashier always arrives early for her
shift at Tim Hortons. when?
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We waited patiently for the street light to
change.
How?
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The two girls immediately ran indoors
when it began to rain.
When?
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3. Greg angrily threw his knapsack on the
floor.
How?
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The boat sank gradually after hitting the
iceberg.
How?
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Suddenly the man darted quickly into the
old barn.
How?/when?
How?
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The strange creature slid slowly forward
while I watched helplessly.
Slowly – how?
Forward – where?
Helplessly – how?
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We searched everywhere for Cassandra’s
dog.
Where?
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The school bus often arrives late.
Often – when?
Late – when?
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Without warning, the Mentos abruptly
exploded from the Coke can.
How?
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Instantly the wild stallion galloped away.
Where?