Adverbs

Adverbs

How? When? Where

Adverbs

• An adverb tells how, when, or where something happens.

• It can appear before or after the verb it modifies, or between the parts of a verb phrase.

Examples:

• He sleepily watched the stars. (how)

• She will soon go on a journey. (when)

• The luggage was piled everywhere. (where)

Modifiers of Adjectives and Adverbs:

• Adverbs such as too, very, quite, really, so, nearly, and almost can modify adjectives and other adverbs.

• I was too early. (How early?)

• We left very quickly. (How quickly?)

Comparative Adverbs

• compare two actions.

• Add -er to many adverbs to make them comparative

• add more to longer adverbs.

• Ex: loud, louder/carefully, more carefully

Superlative Adverbs

• compare three or more actions

• Add -est to many adverbs to make them superlative.

• Add most to longer adjectives.

• Ex: loud, loudest/carefully, most carefully

Exceptions:

• well, better, best (just like good, better, best with adjectives)

• badly, worse, worst (again, just like bad with adjectives)

• much, more, most

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Multiple Select

Choose the adverb(s) in the sentence:

The canopy of stars twinkled very brightly in the sky.

• canopy

• of

• twinkled

• very

• brightly

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The students stepped outside and discussed Socrates.

• students

• stepped

• outside

• discussed

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We must make plans now.

• must

• make

• plans

• now

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The marketplace is almost empty.

• the

• marketplace

• is

• almost

• empty

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Ishaq missed his home badly.

• Ishaq

• missed

• his

• home

• badly

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We can eat first and study later.

• We

• can eat

• first

• study

• later

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Eventually, the new library will be built here.

• eventually

• new

• library

• built

• here

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He walked slowly down the street.

• He

• walked

• slowly

• down

• street

Multiple Choice

Hunayn did not (more high, highly) value the gold he was paid.

• more high

• highly

Multiple Choice

The scholar searched (more seriously, more serious) for wisdom than he had before.

• more seriously

• more serious

Multiple Choice

She thought that Aristotle wrote (well, best) of all the writers.

• well

• best

Multiple Choice

Merchants (more proudly, proudly) wore their traditional robes.

• more proudly

• proudly