Chapter 1 Lesson 6: Adverbs

Chapter 1 Lesson 6: Adverbs

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​Objective:

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To understand how adverbs function and to identify and use them in sentences.

Open Ended

What do you already know about adverbs?

​Adverbs

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An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

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​Examples:

​Mike scrambled quickly from the icy pond.

​"quickly" modifies the verb, "scrambled". ​

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​He was extremely cold.

​"extremely" modifies the adjective, "cold".

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​He had fallen in the pond quite accidentally.

"quite" modifies the adverb, "accidentally".

​Adverbs answer the question:

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where, when, how, or to what extent

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Where, when, how, or to what extent

​Where: there, here, downstairs, northward

​When: yesterday, soon, daily, never, again

​How: slowly, happily, well, brightly

​To what extent: almost, nearly, completely, somewhat

How adverbs are formed

​Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives. Sometimes a slight change in spelling is necessary.

​Examples

​Strong + -ly = strongly

​honest + -ly = honestly

​true + -ly = truly

​happy + -ly = happily

Open Ended

Submit as many adverbs that end in -ly as you can! Remember, sometimes you have to change the spelling slightly. Do not push "return/enter" until you are ready to submit!

​Intensifiers

​An intensifier is an adverb that defines the degree of an adjective or another adverb. Intensifiers always precede the adjectives or adverbs they modify.

​List of Intensifiers

​Almost

​Extremely

​Just

​More

​Most

​Nearly

​Only

​Quite

​Rather

​Really

​So

​Somewhat

​Too

​Truly

​Very

​Example:

​Fortunately, Mike was an extremely fast thinker.

​Think about this...

​Consider the difference in meaning that can occur by slightly changing the placement of some intensifiers.

Open Ended

What is the difference between:

She spoke just to me.

and

She just spoke to me. 

Multiple Choice

Adverbs do not modify:

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Other Adverbs

• Nouns

Multiple Select

Identify all of the adverbs:

Quite often, when we travel anywhere, we go to water parks.

• Quite

• often

• to

• anywhere

Fill in the Blanks

What is the adverb:

We have slid crazily down water slides at the Wisconsin Dells. _

Fill in the Blanks

List all adverbs:

At the top of a slide, you sit carefully on a mat and nervously grip its edges. 

Fill in the Blanks

List all adverbs:

Immediately, you start whizzing down, careening nearly uncontrollably from side to side.

Fill in the Blanks

List all adverbs:

When you finally reach the bottom, screaming happily, you splash suddenly into a pool of water.