Adverbs answer the questions how? when? where? and to what degree?

What do Adverbs do?

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by making its meaning more specific.

Defined

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Location of Adverbs

When modifying a verb, an adverb may appear in various positions in a sentence.

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When modifying an adjective or another adverb, an adverb appears directly before the modified word.

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Examples! Remember: Adverbs answer the questions how? when? where? and to what degree?

The boy had run quickly home. (Quickly modifies the verb phrase had run.)

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Kate is very nervous about her performance. (Very modifies the adjective nervous.)

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Dr. Delacorte removed the bandages quite carefully. (Quite modifies the adverb carefully; carefully modifies the verb removed.)

Adverbs can modify not only verbs, but the entire verb phrase as well. Look at numbers 2 and 3 on page 63.

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Adverbs that are Negative

The negatives no, not, and the contraction -n’t are adverbs.

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Other negative words, such as nowhere, hardly, and never, can function as adverbs of time, place, and degree.

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I couldn’t remember where I left my science book. The rain never begins until softball practice starts.

#s 1-10

Draw a line under each adverb. Write in the blank the type of word it modifies: V (verb), adj. (adjective) or adv. (adverb)​

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#s 11-30

Draw an arrow from each adverb to the word(s) it modifies. ​

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Homework Pages 64-65

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