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Adverbs

Adverbs. Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs Modifying Verbs. Answers the questions: Where? When?. How? (In what way?) To what extent?. Adverbs Modifying Adjectives or Other Adverbs. Answer ONE question: To What Extent?. Note.

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Adverbs

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  1. Adverbs Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

  2. Adverbs Modifying Verbs • Answers the questions: • Where? • When? • How? (In what way?) • To what extent?

  3. Adverbs Modifying Adjectives or Other Adverbs • Answer ONE question: • To What Extent?

  4. Note • Often, adverbs can be recognized by the suffix –ly. Remember, however, that not all adverbs end in –lyand not all words that end in –lyare adverbs. • Adverbs: swam quickly left later • Adjectives: only friend early flight

  5. Position of Adverbs • Adverbs may come before, after, or between the words they modify. • Quietly, she will tiptoe from the stage. • She will quietly tiptoe from the stage. • She will tiptoe quietly from the stage.

  6. Identify the Adverbs: • Hawks fly very quickly across the sky. • They have slightly rounded wings. • Their light-colored eyes give them a rather fierce look. • Hawks are often seen in many parts of the world. • When disturbed, they utter extremely piercing whistles. • Hawks have amazingly sharp eyesight. • The female hawks quite often are larger than the male hawks. • Hawks are extremely private birds. • They prefer living in quite secluded nests. • Their rather extensive diet includes most small mammals and birds.

  7. Adjective or Adverb? • Her curly hair is due to the humidity. • Two deer live in that forest. • He reacted so strangely to the news. • This telephone is extremely old. • The grey cat belongs to her. • A Japanese bonsai tree is pretty. • His voice suddenly sounded squeaky. • The carpet is being replaced by marble tile. • Several leasing agents helped everyone. • Yesterday, they went to dinner.

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