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Chapter 6: Adverbs

Chapter 6: Adverbs. Ms. Marshall-Krauss HCMS. 115. Grammar Wednesday: Adverbs January 11, 2012. Warm up: Fill in the blanks on the short story about John showing the mood on the slip of paper on your desk.

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Chapter 6: Adverbs

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  1. Chapter 6: Adverbs Ms. Marshall-Krauss HCMS

  2. 115 Grammar Wednesday: AdverbsJanuary 11, 2012 • Warm up: Fill in the blanks on the short story about John showing the mood on the slip of paper on your desk. • Today’s objective is to identify adverbs that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs and to use those correctly in sentences.

  3. Adverbs Modifying Verbs 115 • An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or other adverb. • When an adverb modifies a verb it often answers the questions • How? • When? • Where?

  4. 115 Adverbs Modifying Verbs Examples • Guests often dine at the White House. • When do they dine? Often. • The sun disappeared gradually behind the forest of oaks. • How did the sun disappear? Gradually. • First go straight for one hundred yards; then turn right. • When do I go? First. Where do I go? Straight. Where do I turn? Right. When do I turn? Then. • Yesterday John was picking his nose in class. • When was John picking his nose? Yesterday.

  5. 115 Adverbs Modifying Adjectives and Adverbs • Adverbs that modify adjectives usually answer how or to what extent. • John is an extremely gross boy. • (How gross? Extremely.) • Adverbs that modify other adverbs add additional information. • John picked his nose really intensely. • (How intensely? Really.)

  6. Extra Note • Not and Never are always adverbs.

  7. 116 Practice/Homework • Complete the practice handout and turn in. • Adverb Homework Options • Option 1: Write a series of 10 haikus that are about 10 adverbs • Option 2: Book Work: p. 160 #1-5 & p. 162 #1-5 • Option 3: Write a very short story using at least 5 adverbs that express mood. Then write the same story changing all of the adverbs to show a different mood (like the warm up, but with your own story).

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