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Adverbs
Adjectives vs. Adverbs
• Adjectives describe nouns/pronouns.
They answer which one, what kind, how much,
or how many.
• Adverbs describe verbs/adjectives.
They answer when, where, why, how, or to what
degree.
Examples
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Quickly
Slowly
Diligently
Reluctantly
Early
Tomorrow
Here
Very
Negative Adverbs
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Nowhere
Never
Not
Hardly
Barely
Scarcely
• DO NOT USE TWO NEGATIVE ADVERBS. Just like in
math, two negatives = a positive!
• I don’t got no money = I have money!
(It’s OK in Spanish, but not in English!!)
What is the adverb modifying?
• She runs fast. (Fast describes a verb = adverb.)
• She is a fast runner. (It describes a noun =
adjective.)
• He is slow. (It describes a pronoun = adjective.)
• He is a slow runner. (It describes a noun =
adjective)
How to Decide
• He walks slowly. (It describes a verb = adverb.)
• IF THE WORD DESCRIBES A VERB, CHECK
TO SEE IF YOU CAN PUT AN -LY ON THE
END.
• IF YOU CAN PUT AN –LY, PUT AN -LY!!!!!
Which one?
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Her quick/quickly reply was instantaneous.
He was quick/quickly.
He came pretty quick/quickly.
The comment was abrupt/abruptly.
The abrupt/abruptly comment was rude.
He said the insult abrupt/abruptly.
Forms of Adverbs
• Caution: You are approaching a mind-blaster!
Keep your head in the game for the next 15 min.!
• Positive, comparative, superlative – just like
adjectives (P. 432)
Adjectives vs. Adverbs
• Adjectives: red/redder/reddest or curious/more
curious/most curious
• Exam.: That is the reddest face I’ve ever seen.
• She is the more curious girl of the two students.
Adverbs
• er/est or more/most
• Use -er/-est with 2 syllables or less.
• Use more/most with 3 syllables or more AND
with adverbs that end in -ly.
• Problems comes when we can’t tell the
difference between adjectives and adverbs.
Problems
• She plays hard.
• She plays harder than the other girl.
• She plays the hardest on the team.
• She is a quick runner.
• She runs (quick/quickly).
• She runs (quicker/more quickly) than the other
girl.
• She runs the (quickest/most quickly) of those on
the team.
More Issues
• If you get the positive degree wrong (i.e., the
adverb before comparison), then all the other
forms will be wrong. Watch out!
• He talks (slow/slowly).
• He talks (slower/more slowly) than his sister.
• He talks the (slowest/most slowly) of the four
brothers.
Practice:
• The quarterback is sacked because he throws too
slow/slowly.
• He throws slower/more slower/more slowly
than the second-string quarterback.
• He throws slowest/most slowest/most slowly of
all the quarterbacks in the conference.
More Practice:
• The ballerina dances graceful/gracefully.
• The team yelled enthusiastically/enthusiastic.
• Our team yelled more loud/louder/more loudly
than the other team.
• She dances more graceful/ gracefuller/ more
gracefully than the other salsa dancer on
“Dancing With the Stars.”