Adverbs

Adverbs

Intro and Practice

Open Ended

What are some examples of adverbs?

Adverbs are used to tell...

• How?

• When?

• Where?

• To What Extent?

Multiple Choice

Which question does the adverb "carefully" answer in the sentence?

The mouse carefully nibbled the cracker.

• How?

• When?

• Where?

• To what extent?

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the following sentence?

Yesterday, the team had practice.

• Yesterday

• team

• had

• practice

• the

Multiple Choice

Which question does the adverb "yesterday" answer in the following sentence?

Yesterday, the team had practice.

• How?

• When?

• Where?

• To what extent?

Multiple Choice

What is the verb being described?

Yesterday, the team had practice.

• Yesterday

• the

• team

• had

• practice

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the following sentence?

Place the package inside.

• place

• the

• package

• inside

Multiple Choice

What question is the adverb answering in this sentence?

Place the package inside.

• How?

• Where?

• When?

• To what extent?

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the following sentence?

The dog was quite angry at the mailman.

• dog

• was

• quite

• angry

• at

Multiple Choice

What question is the adverb in the following sentence answering?

The dog was quite mad at the mailman.

• How?

• Where?

• When?

• To what extent?

Many times, adverbs end in -ly

• Dad swiftly put chicken on the grill

• The boy gratefully wrote a thank you card.

Words that end in -ly are not automatically adverbs. They can also be adjectives. Pay attention to how they are used and what they are describing.

• The elderly woman needed help with her bags.

• The lovely painting hung on the wall. 

• The crumbly cookie fell apart. 

Adverbs as Negatives

• Nowhere

• Not

• Never

• No

Adverbs as Negatives

• The TV remote is nowhere!

• Billy is not ready.

• I never went to the grocery.