Adverbs

What is an adverb?

• A word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• A word that describes a noun.

• A word that connects two sentences.

• A word that replaces a noun.

Which question does an adverb answer?

• Who?

• How?

• Why?

• What?

In the sentence "Maurice is extremely poor and hungry when Laura first sees him," what does the adverb "extremely" modify?

• The verb "sees"

• The adjective "poor"

• The noun "Maurice"

• The adjective "hungry"

In the sentence "Laura began meeting Maurice quite regularly," what does the adverb "quite" modify?

• The verb "began"

• The noun "Laura"

• The adverb "regularly"

• The noun "Maurice"

In the sentence "Laura’s friends continually insisted that she write a book about Maurice," what does the adverb "continually" modify?

• The verb "insisted"

• The noun "friends"

• The noun "book"

• The verb "write"

What suffix do many adverbs end with?

• -ly

• -ing

• -ed

• -ness

In the sentence "The watercolor painting was beautifully done," what part of speech is "beautifully"?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

In the sentence "The watercolor painting is beautiful," what part of speech is "beautiful"?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

In the sentence "Laura and Maurice met regularly for dinner," what word does the adverb "regularly" modify?

• Laura

• Maurice

• Met

• Dinner

In the sentence "Frequently, Laura took Maurice on visits to her own family," what word does the adverb "frequently" modify?

• Laura

• Took

• Maurice

• Visits