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Grammar Toolkit. Adverbs of degree. What are adverbs of degree?. Grammar Toolkit. Adverbs of degree. Adverbs of degree tell how much or the degree of something . How hard is your homework?. It’s not so hard. It’s fairly hard. It’s very hard . It’s extremely hard.
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Grammar Toolkit Adverbs of degree What are adverbs of degree?
Grammar Toolkit Adverbs of degree Adverbs of degree tell how much or the degree of something. How hard is your homework? It’s not sohard. It’s fairlyhard. It’s veryhard. It’s extremelyhard. It’s completelyterrifying!
Grammar Toolkit Adverbs of degree Choose an adverb of degree to complete each sentence. Which word is the adverb modifying? also much hardly greatly veryrather so firmly almost nearly I’m so tired that I can keep my eyes open. I believe you will make the team. Be careful! You fell from that tall tree. Can I _____come to the game? hardly firmly nearly very also
Grammar Toolkit Adverbs of degree Adverbs of degree should go before the word you want to modify. How does the meaning of the sentences change as the adverbs move? Hannah nearlywon all the races. Hannah won nearlyall the races. Tom onlyasked Mahmoud for help. Tom asked Mahmoud onlyfor help. Hannah didn’t win any races. Hannah won most of the races. Tom asked one person. Tom asked for one thing.
Grammar Toolkit Adverbs of degree Like adjectives, adverbs have three degrees of comparison. nearer nearest sooner soonest earlier earliest more loudly most loudly more often most often For adverbs of one syllable, add erto make the comparative degree and estto make the superlative degree. For some adverbs of two syllables, also add erand est. For most adverbs of two syllables, add more to make the comparative degree and mostto make the superlative degree.
Grammar Toolkit Adverbs of degree A few adverbs are irregular — they don’t follow a pattern. better best more most worse worst less least
Grammar Toolkit Adverbs of degree • An adverb adds meaning to a verb, adjective or another adverb. • Adverbs of degree tell how much or the degree of something. Place the adverb of degree before the word you want to modify. • Like adjectives, adverbs have three degrees of comparison: positive (one thing), comparative (to compare two things) and superlative (to compare three or more things). • There are rules for forming adverbs of degree (e.g. soon, sooner, soonest), but irregular adverbs don’t follow the rules (e.g. badly, worse, worst).
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