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Adverbs

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. Quickly Slowly Diligently Reluctantly Early Tomorrow Here

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Adverbs

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  1. Adverbs

  2. 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.

  3. Examples • Quickly • Slowly • Diligently • Reluctantly • Early • Tomorrow • Here • Very

  4. Negative Adverbs • 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!!)

  5. 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)

  6. 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!!!!!

  7. Which one? • 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.

  8. 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)

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.”

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