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Adverbs

Adverbs. Adverbs. Adverbs modify (describe) the following: Verbs Adjectives Other adverbs. Adverbs. Adverbs answer these questions: When? Where? How? To what extent? to what degree?. Adverbs. Adverbs modifying VERBS … Never swim alone. He has seldom complained. VERB. VERB.

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Adverbs

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  1. Adverbs

  2. Adverbs • Adverbs modify (describe) the following: • Verbs • Adjectives • Other adverbs

  3. Adverbs • Adverbs answer these questions: • When? • Where? • How? • To what extent? to what degree?

  4. Adverbs • Adverbs modifying VERBS… Never swim alone. He has seldomcomplained. VERB VERB HELPING VERB

  5. Adverbs • Adverbs modifying VERBS can show up in many different positions in a sentence… • Now the room is ready. • The room is now ready. • The room is ready now.

  6. Adverbs • Adverbs modifying ADJECTIVES… The movie was very scary and too long. ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVE

  7. Adverbs • Adverbs modifying other ADVERBS… She almost always waited quite patiently. ADVERB ADVERB

  8. Adverbs • Adverbs modifying ADJECTIVES or ADVERBS usually come right before the word being modified… • The ice is dangerously soft. • You look terribly tired. • I answered too slowly. • It almost never rains this hard. Adjective Adjective Adverb Adverb

  9. Adverbs • Adverbs answering WHEN… It should arriveSaturday. I changed the schedule again. VERB VERB

  10. Adverbs • Adverbs answering WHERE… Leave your coatthere. He drove south. VERB VERB

  11. Adverbs • Adverbs answering HOW… He ate lunch quickly. I carefully counted the money. VERB VERB

  12. Adverbs • Adverbs answering TO WHAT EXTENT/DEGREE… We were very sorry. We had arrived quite late. ADJECTIVE ADVERB

  13. Did You Know? Words that end in “-ly” are USUALLY adverbs but not always! An exception is the word “friendly,” which is an adjective. These words are ALWAYS adverbs because they tell “to what extent”: • Not • Always • Never • Too • Very • Almost • Usually • Quite • Rather These words are ALWAYS adverbs because they tell “where”: • Here • There

  14. Adverb or Preposition? The following fifteen words can be an adverb or a preposition depending on how they are used in a sentence: • About • Above • Around • Before • Behind • Out • Outside • Over • Through • Up • Below • Down • In • Inside • Near

  15. Adverb or Preposition? A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition followed closely by a noun or pronoun (called the “object of the preposition”) which answers “who?” or “what?” after the preposition.

  16. Adverb or Preposition? To determine if a word is functioning as an adverb or preposition, use this test… See if there is a noun or pronoun that closely follows the word which answers “who?” or “what?”. If the answer is… • YES! Then the word is a PREPOSITION! • NO! Then the word is an ADVERB!

  17. Adverb or Preposition? Coordinating conjunction, not a noun or pronoun We walked around and shopped. Adverb - because no noun or pronoun follows it We walked around the mall and shopped. preposition - because the noun mallfollows it and answers around “what?”

  18. Adverb or Preposition? Jane was running behindthe bus. preposition - because the noun bus follows behindand answers “what?” Jane was running behind. adverb - because no noun or pronoun follows it.

  19. Adverb or Preposition? We ducked inside to get out of the rain. adverb - because no noun or pronoun closely follows it We ducked inside the store to get out of the rain. preposition - because the noun store follows it and answers “what?”

  20. Adverb or Preposition? I looked up at the cloud. • Adverb • Preposition

  21. Adverb or Preposition? I looked up the word in the dictionary. • Adverb • Preposition

  22. Adverb or Preposition? She turned around and ran into the school. • Adverb • Preposition

  23. Adverb or Preposition? She turned her car around in the driveway. • Adverb • Preposition

  24. Adverb or Preposition? She turned around the bend, and we could no longer see her. • Adverb • Preposition

  25. Adverb or Preposition? I looked inside and didn’t like what I saw. • Adverb • Preposition

  26. Adverb or Preposition? I looked inside the bag and didn’t like what I saw. • Adverb • Preposition

  27. Adverb or Preposition? He walked on as though he didn’t hear me. • Adverb • Preposition

  28. Adverb or Preposition? He walked on the sidewalk with me. • Adverb • Preposition

  29. Adverb, Preposition, or Subordinating Conjunction? The following words can be an adverb, a preposition, and/or a subordinating conjunction depending on how they are used in a sentence: • After • As • Before • Since • Until • Whenever (can only be an adverb or sub. conj., NOT a prep)

  30. Review of Subordinating Conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions JOIN two sentences (independent clauses) together in such a way that one CAN’T stand alone (becomes subordinate or dependent on the other). Mrs. Frey’s son plays for the UC Bearcats. She loves to watch them. Because Mrs. Frey’s son plays for the UC Bearcats, she loves to watch them. Subordinating conjunction that joins these two sentences

  31. Adverb, Preposition, or Subordinating Conjunction? To determine if a word is functioning as a subordinating conjunction, use this test… See if there is both a subject and predicate(verb) closely following it. If the answer is… • YES! Then the word is a subordinating conjunction! • NO!Then the word is an ADVERB or PREPOSITION!

  32. Adverb, Preposition, or Subordinating Conjunction? See if there is both a subject and predicate(verb) closely following it. If the answer is… • YES! Then the word is a subordinating conjunction! • NO!Then the word is an ADVERB or PREPOSITION! • After he ran ten miles, the athlete did one hundred sit-ups. • After his ten-mile run, the athlete did one hundred sit-ups.

  33. What is the mystery word? After the movie the girls went to McDonalds. • Adverb • Preposition • Subordinating Conjunction

  34. What is the mystery word? After they saw the movie, the girls went to McDonalds. • Adverb • Preposition • Subordinating Conjunction

  35. What is the mystery word? The baby cried until her mother came home. • Adverb • Preposition • Subordinating Conjunction

  36. What is the mystery word? The baby cried until her nap. • Adverb • Preposition • Subordinating Conjunction

  37. What is the mystery word? I had never seen that show before. • Adverb • Preposition • Subordinating Conjunction

  38. What is the mystery word? I had never seen that show before on this channel. • Adverb • Preposition • Subordinating Conjunction

  39. What is the mystery word? I had never seen that show before she recommended it to me. • Adverb • Preposition • Subordinating Conjunction

  40. Find the Adverbs! Yesterday I waited too long at the store and still couldn’t find a salesperson there to quickly answer my very simple question.

  41. Find the Adverbs! Yesterday I waited toolong at the store and still couldn’t find a salesperson there to quickly answer my very simple question.

  42. Find the Adverbs! After I ran too quickly up the grocery aisle to get some ice cream yesterday, I fell down clumsily and severely sprained my ankle. Now I can’t walk very well.

  43. Find the Adverbs! After I ran tooquickly up the grocery aisle to get some ice cream yesterday, I fell downclumsily and severely sprained my ankle. Now I can’twalk verywell. Which word is a subordinating conjunction? After

  44. Tie Breaker! In ten seconds, list words that are always adverbs!

  45. Tie Breaker! In ten seconds, list words that are always adverbs! • Not • Always • Never • Too • Very • Almost • Usually • Quite • Rather • Here • There

  46. Tie Breaker! In ten seconds, list subordinating conjunctions.

  47. Tie Breaker! In ten seconds, list subordinating conjunctions.

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