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    ADVERBS

    ENGLISH 4
    WHAT ARE ADVERBS?

    • Adverbs are single-word modifiers.


    This means that they describe something.
    • They describe verbs most of the time.
    • Sometimes they describe adjectives and other adverbs.
    WHAT ARE ADVERBS?

    • Most adverbs describe an action verb.


    Run is a verb. You could:
    run fast
    run slow
    run backward
    run sideways
    Fast, slow, backward, sideways – these are all adverbs
    because they describe the action run.
    WHAT ARE ADVERBS?

    • Some adverbs describe adjectives.

    Pretty is an adjective.
    You could say:
    quite pretty
    really pretty
    not pretty
    definitely pretty

    Quite, really, not, definitely – these are all adverbs because they describe
    the adjective pretty.
    WHAT ARE ADVERBS?

    • Some adverbs also describe other adverbs.

    Cowardly is an adverb.
    You could say:
    very cowardly
    never cowardly
    always cowardly
    thoroughly cowardly

    Very, never, always, thoroughly – these are adverbs because they


    describe other adverbs.
    TYPES OF ADVERBS

    • One type of adverb is the adverb of time.


    • Adverbs of time tell “when?” or “how often?” an
    action occurs.
    Example:
    I never saw the movie.
    (When did I see it? Never. That means “never” is
    an adverb of time.)
    Example:
    We wrote a story yesterday in class.
    (When did we write it? Yesterday. That means
    “yesterday” is an adverb of time.)
    TYPES OF ADVERBS

    • Another type of adverb are adverbs of place.


    • Adverbs of place tell “where?” an action
    occurred.
    Example:
    Did you put your book there on the table?
    Where did you put your book? There. That
    means that there is an adverb. “On the table”
    is a prepositional phrase. It is not an adverb.
    Remember that an adverb is a single-word
    modifier.
    TYPES OF ADVERBS

    • The most common type of adverbs are adverbs of manner.


    • Adverbs of manner tell “how?” or “in what manner?” an
    action has occurred.
    • Many adverbs of manner end in the letters “ly.”
    Example:
    We walked slowly down the hall.
    (How did we walk? Slowly. That means
    “slowly” is an adverb of manner.)
    TYPES OF ADVERBS

    • Adverbs of degree are the hardest type of adverb to locate


    in a sentence.
    • Adverbs of manner tell “how much?” or “to what degree?”
    something occurs.
    • Adverbs of manner are often the ones that describe
    adjectives or other adverbs.
    Example:
    I am very tired.
    (To what degree am I tired? Very. “Very” is an
    adverb of manner.)
    Example:
    We were too sleepy to continue the activity.
    (How much were we sleepy? Too. That means that “too”is
    an adverb of degree.)
    TYPES OF ADVERBS

    • The final type of adverb are adverbs of affirmation and


    negation.
    • The three adverbs of affirmation are:
    yes, indeed, undoubtedly
    • The three adverbs of negation are:
    no, not, never

    • Anytime these words appear in sentences, they are adverbs.


    ADVERB OR ADJECTIVE?

    • An ADVERB modifies verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.


    • An ADJECTIVE modifies nouns.

    Example:
    The fast car is racing.
    (Fast describes car. Car is a noun. The kind of word that
    describes a noun is an adjective; therefore, in this sentence,
    fast is an adjective.)
    Example: The car races fast.
    (Fast describes how it races. Races is a verb. The kind of
    word that describes a verb is an adverb; therefore, in this
    sentence, fast is an adverb.)
    • This completes the review of adverbs.
    • Additional review can be done in the review folders housed
    in 106 and the library.

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