English Adverbs

An adverb is a word that...

• Modifies a noun

• is an action

• is a person, place, or thing

• Modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb

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Adverbs modify _____, ______, & ______.

• nouns, verbs, adjectives

• verbs, adjectives, adverbs

• pronouns, verbs, adjectives

• verbs, adverbs, nouns

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An Adverb answers the question:

• Who, what, where, why, when?

• Where, when, how, to what extent

• Which one, what kind, how many, how much?

• What do you do, who does it, why are they doing it?

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Which adverb best completes the sentence?
She ____ laid the baby in the crib.
**the adverb needs to tell how

• soon
• excitedly
• carefully

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Which adverb best completes the sentence?
_____, I baked brownies.
**The adverb needs to tell when.

• Yesterday
• Wisely
• Here

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What is the adverb in the sentence?
Peter neatly wrote a shopping list.

• neatly
• wrote
• shopping
• list

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What is the adverb in the sentence?
My dog always barks.

• my
• always
• barks
• dog

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Adverbs modify all of the following EXCEPT

• verbs
• adjectives
• other adverbs
• nouns

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Identify the adverbs:
John quickly explained the math homework yesterday.

• quickly, yesterday
• math, homework
• quickly, math
• John, yesterday

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What is the adverb in the sentence?
The astronaut easily fixed the problem.

• fixed
• problem
• easily
• the

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