What is an adverb?

What is an adverb?

What is an adverbs job?

• An adverb is a describing word.

• An adverb can only describe a VERB,ADJECTIVE, or ANOTHER ADVERB!

• Adverbs DO NOT describe nouns (that's the adjective's job.)

An Adverb can tell:

• HOW: The baby cried loudly

• WHEN: We hope the rain will stop soon.

• WHERE: He left his hat there.

• TO WHAT EXTENT: He really wants his bottle.

Adverbs can also be used to make comparisons.

• To compare two items, add er to the adverb

• For example, let's use the adverb deep. The scuba diver dove deep in the sea.

• Now let's compare two things. The giant squid dove deeper than the scuba diver could go.

• We compared how deep the diver and the squid dove.

Adverbs can also compare more than two things.

• For example:

• The octopus dove the deepest of all of the sea creatures.

• Here we compared the octopus to ALL sea creatures.

• to compare more than two, you add est to the end of the adverb.

Multiple Select

Adverbs describe which of the following?

• adjectives

• verbs

• prepositions

• nouns

• other adverbs

Multiple Choice

To compare two things, what do you add to the end of an adverb?

• est

• er

Multiple Select

(check all that apply)

Adverbs can tell

• how

• to what extent

• what kind

• where

• when

Multiple Choice

Which word is the adverb in the following sentence?

The red car was the fastest in the race.

• car

• fastest

• race

• red

Multiple Choice

Which word is the adverb in the following sentence?

Mrs. Collmorgan works hard to make the library an interesting place.

• library

• interesting

• hard

• to

Adverbs often end in ly.

• For example: The duck swam quietly.

• this tells us HOW the duck SWAM.

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.

I narrowly escaped being bitten by the angry dog.

• escaped

• angry

• bitten

• narrowly

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.

We quickly exited the building when the fire alarm sounded.

• sounded

• building

• quickly

• alarm

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.

The children laughed happily as they played the game.

• happily

• played

• game

• laughed

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.

The dog waited patiently for his owner to return home.

• waited

• to

• patiently

• owner

Don't forget that adverbs tell how, when, where and to what extent.

• Now let's try some more!

Multiple Choice

What does the underlined adverb tell?

Many people arrived late.

• how

• where

• when

• to what extent

Multiple Choice

What does the underlined adverb tell?

You seem very happy.

• how

• when

• where

• to what extent

Multiple Choice

What does the underlined adverb tell?

The package arrived yesterday.

• how

• when

• where

• to what extent

Multiple Choice

What does the underlined adverb tell?

The nurse said, "Wait here until we call for you."

• how

• when

• where

• to what extent

Not all adverbs can have er or est added to the end.

• For example, two syllable words like often

• You wouldn't say oftener or oftenest, you would say more often or most often.

Likewise, you cannot add er or est to an ly adverb.

• For example carefully. You wouldn't say carefullier or carefulliest.

• Instead you would say more carefully or most carefully.

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct form of the adverb?

Julia was the _________ (excited) student in the class when the teacher announced the awards.

• more excited

• most excited

• excitedest

• exciteder

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct form of the adverb?

Which guest will arrive ___________(soon) to the party?

• sooner

• soonest

• more soon

• most soon

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct form of the adverb?

The leopard runs __________ (quickly) than a house cat.

• quicklier

• more quickly

• most quickly

• quickliest

Multiple Select

Which is the correct form of the adverb?

Leo was the zoo lion that roared the ________(loud).

• loudly

• loudest

• louder

• more louder