Adverbs They provide answers to important questions What
Adverbs They provide answers to important questions.
What is an Adverb? n n n An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb Adverbs usually answer the following questions: How? When? Where? To what extent?
Examples of Adverbs that answer the question “How? ” n Jason charged quickly. n n The two cars crashed loudly. n n How did Jason charge? – quickly How did the two cars crash? – loudly Mikayla opened her present eagerly. n How did she open her present? – eagerly Note: What suffix do these adverbs end in?
Examples of Adverbs that answer the question “Where? ” n n n n n The Canada geese flew overhead. Where did the geese fly? – overhead The boy was playing downstairs. Where was he playing? -- downstairs It was raining outside. Where was it raining? --outside
Examples of Adverbs that answer the question “When? ” n n n n n The instructor arrived late. When did the instructor arrive? -- late Mr. Brown assigns homework occasionally. When does Mr. Brown assign homework? -- occasionally Yesterday we watched a movie. When did we watch a movie? --yesterday
Your turn n First, underline the verb in each sentence Then, circle the adverb that describes the verb Next, tell what question the adverb is answering: how? when? where? to what extent?
Examples: q Jonathan drove cautiously during the snowstorm. how? q Cassandra is watching TV upstairs. where? q The cashier always arrives early for her shift at Tim Hortons. when?
And now for the tricky question: -- to what extent? n n n Dakota was very sick. To what extend was Dakota sick? -- very Notice: “sick” is an adjective describing Dakota Therefore, “very” is an adverb describing the adjective “sick”
Once again, “to what extent? ” n n n Our cat is extremely lazy. To what extent is our cat lazy? --extremely Again, “lazy” is an adjective describing cat Therefore, “extremely” is an adverb describing the adjective “lazy”
One more example… n n n The math test was quite difficult. To what extent was the test difficult? -- quite “Difficult” is an adjective describing test “quite” is an adverb describing the adjective “difficult”
Your turn… n n n First, underline the verb in each sentence Then, circle the adverb that describes the verb Next, tell what question the adverb is answering: how? when? where? to what extent?
Some examples: n After Caitlin was checked into the boards, she moved rather slowly. how? -- slowly, to what extent? – rather
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