9th Adverbs

9th Adverbs

By Marco Hernandez

​Practice 1

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Look at the following sentences and the underlined adverbs. Determine if the adverb or adverbs refer to Where?, When?, How? or To what extend?

​Example

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Multiple Choice

1. During summer vacations I usually go to camp.

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Choice

2. We will meet you later at the library.

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Choice

3. Dangerously strong winds threatened the coastal villages.

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Select

4. Hurry! Our bus is already here!

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Choice

5. Where do you go to school?

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Choice

6. I try to avoid horror movies, for they frighten me badly.

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Choice

7. Although I practice daily, I am a clumsy piano player.

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Choice

8. The children held hands and crossed the street cautiously.

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Choice

9. The weather in April was unusually warm.

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

Multiple Choice

10. Is this garden soil too sandy, Manuel?

• Where?

• When?

• How?

• To what extend?

​Practice 2

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​In the following sentences, look at the underlined adverb and choose the word or group of words it is modifying.

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Example​

Multiple Choice

11. Yesterday, my family and I boarded a small plane.

• my family

• boarded

• small plane

Multiple Choice

12. Earlier the weather service had predicted unseasonably stormy conditions.

• service

• stormy

• predicted

Multiple Choice

13. The flight attendants insisted most politely that we fasten our seat belts.

• flight attendants

• fasten

• insisted

Multiple Choice

14. We neared our destination, and the airplane suddenly plunged (to fall suddenly, as into water, from a great height).

• airplane

• plunged

• destination

Multiple Choice

15. Almost immediately, I checked my seat belt and braced myself.

• immediately

• checked

• seat belt

​Practice 3

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​Read the following statements, identify the adverb or adverbs and type one down ONLY.

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Example

​Soon, the pilot skillfully leveled the airplane.

​soon

skillfully

​or

​The words yesterday, today, and tomorrow can all function as adverbs. For example:

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• Yesterday I went to the store.

• I read the book yesterday.

• Today the dog dug under the fence.

• A mouse got loose in the house today.

• Tomorrow she is heading to Europe.

• He will take out the trash tomorrow.

​Applying some changes in the way yesterday, today, and tomorrow are used, reveal that all three words are nouns. All three have plural and possessive forms. For example:

• She has many yesterdays behind her but not many tomorrows ahead. (plural)

• We are all accumulations of our yesterdays, todays, and tomorrows. (plural)

• Your todays are a direct result of the sum of all your yesterdays. (plural)

• All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. (plural)

• Can you review yesterday’s schedule? (possessive)

• What is on today’s and tomorrow’s agendas? (possessive)

​In addition to passing the syntactic test for nouns, yesterday, today, and tomorrow can also perform other nominal functions. For example:

• Today was the best day of my life. (subject)

• My birthday was yesterday. (subject complement)

• I enjoyed yesterday. (direct object)

• She will give tomorrow some thought. (indirect object)

• He declared the best day ever today. (object complement)

• We bought the cake for tomorrow. (prepositional complement)

• My dad went to Europe yesterday morning. (noun phrase modifier)

• Today’s agenda includes cleaning the bathroom. (determinative)

• Christmas Day, tomorrow, is my favorite day of the year. (appositive)

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​Practice 4

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​For the following sentences, identify each underlined word by choosing noun or

adverb.

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Example​

Multiple Choice

21. Shouldn’t we transplant these seedlings now?

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

22. Yes, now is a good time to transplant these seedlings.

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

23. Here is the place where you should stand.

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

24. Please stand here.

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

25. Ernesto crossed the finish line first.

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

26. The first to cross the finish line was Ernesto.

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

27. Are the essays for the writing contest due Friday?

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

28. Yes, the deadline for the essays is Friday.

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

29. Have you seen Emily today?

• noun

• adverb

Multiple Choice

30. Isn’t today the first day of winter?

• noun

• adverb

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