Adverbs Modifying Verbs

1. Adverbs Modifying Verbs Write down the verbs and adverbs on a sheet of paper in your teams

2. Example 1 Tucker frantically ran towards the squirrel Verb: ran Adv: frantically

3. Example 3 These earlier balloons differed significantly from modern balloons, which are sturdily constructed of nylon Verb: differed Adv: significantly Verb: constructed Adv: sturdily

4. Example 2 The first balloonist floated gently above Paris in a hot-air balloon that had been cleverly designed by the Montgolfier brothers Verb: floated Adv: gently Verb: designed Adv: cleverly

5. Example 4 In their first experiments, they bravely prepared fuel from rotten meat and old shoes Verb: prepared Adv: bravely

6. Adverbs Modifying Adjectives

7. Example 1 Plato, a Greek philosopher, wrote a most interesting book called Republic over two thousand years ago Adv: most Adj: interesting

8. Example 2 In the Republic, Plato describes the organization of a perfectly just government Adv: perfectly Adj: just

9. Example 3 Plato’s government is for a very small state, such as the city-states that were common in Greece in his time Adv: very Adj: small

10. Example 4 But his ideas are quite universal and could also apply to large government Adv: quite Adj: universal

11. Example 5 Each citizen of Plato’s government belongs in one of three completely distinct classes: workers, the military or rulers Adv: completely Adj: distinct

12. Adverbs Modifying Other Adverbs

13. Example 1 Tucker is almost always happy to see me come home Adv: almost Adverb: always Verb: is

14. Example 2 We’ll meet shortly afterward Adv: shortly Adv: afterward Verb: meet

15. Example 3 In the final four minutes of the game, Frank short extremely accurately Adv: extremely Adv: accurately Verb: shot

16. Example 4 Usually, it seems that each month goes by more rapidly than the month before Adv: more Adv: rapidly Verb: goes