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Vocabulary 1.Acute: adj. sharp; keen 2.Conceive: verb. to think of 3.Vex: verb. to disturb; to annoy 4.Stifled: adj. smothered 5.Crevice: noun. crack 6.Stealthily: adv. cautiously; secretly 7.Audacity: noun. shameless daring; boldness 8.Vehemently: adv. with intense emotion 9.Derision: noun. ridicule 10.Hypocritical: adj. false or deceptive Essential Question: How can you identify and use various adverbs to enhance your writing? What do these words have in common? Happily Sadly Gently Morosely Quietly Quickly Smoothly Mysteriously Slowly Angrily Raucously Peacefully What do these words have in common? Never Often Almost Very Always Also Too Up Not Somewhat Here Later They're all adverbs! What is an adverb? An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adverb, or an adjective. Many adverbs end with the letters -ly, but not all. Adverbs tell: Where Examples: here, there, nearby, inside, outside, away, up, down, near, far When Often, soon, later, now, then,today, tomorrow, immediately, daily How Quietly, happily, quite, stealthily, mysteriously, sadly, effortlessly, easily, sprightly How Often or How Long Frequently, sometimes, never, twice, thrice, always How Much Too, somewhat, very, hardly, rather, extremely, greatly, more, just, still Adverbs Modifying Verbs Adverbs may come before or after the words they modify. Examples: Slowly the man crawled down. I seldom see you nowadays. Adverbs may come between the parts of verb phrases. Examples: Keisha has already completed her part of the project. Many students did not understand the directions. Adverb or Adjective? Many adverbs end in –ly. Many of these adverbs are formed by adding –ly to adjectives. Adjective + –ly = Adverb Bright + –ly = Brightly Loud + –ly = Loudly However, some words ending in –ly can be used as adjectives. Examples: friendly, monthly, timely, lonely, likely, only Adverbs Modifying Adjectives Examples: An unusually fast starter, Karen won the race. •The adverb unusually modifies the adjective fast, telling how fast the starter was. Our committee is especially busy at this time of year. •The adverb especially modifies the adjective busy, telling to what extent the company is busy. Adverbs Modifying Other Adverbs Examples: Elena finished the problem more quickly than I did. •The adverb more modifies the adverb quickly, telling how quickly Elena finished the problem. Our guest left quite abruptly. •The adverb quite modifies the adverb abruptly, telling to what extent our guest left abruptly. Writing Activity: Adding Adverbs Instructions: Add one or two adverbs to each of the following sentences. Expand the sentences using your knowledge of prepositional phrases and other parts of speech. • The ogre pushed. Yesterday, the ogre easily pushed his brother into the river. 1.The giant laughed. 2.The wolf howled. 3.The hen clucked. 4.The frog croaked. 5.The princess sighed. 6.The seven dwarfs pulled. 7.The mermaid swam.