Adverbs

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Adverbs

• Take notes. . . there will be a quiz!!

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What are Adverbs?

• Adverbs are words that modify verb, adjectives,
  and other adverbs.
• They answer 4 questions
• How?
• When?
• Where?
• To what extent? (how much?)

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How?

• An adverb that tells how usually modifies a
  verb or verb phrase.
• EX The football players yelled
• loudly.
• (loudly tells how the football players yelled)

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Where?

• An adverb that tells where usually modifies a
  verb or verb phrase.
• EX I am going home in an hour.
• (home tells where he went.)

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NOTE

• Some words can either be a preposition or an
  adverb.
• If there is no noun following the word, it is an
  adverb. If there is a noun, it is a preposition.

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Examples

• Dad fell down.
• down is an adverb there is no noun following.
• Dad fell down the stairs.
• down is a preposition it is followed by a
  noun.

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When?

• An adverb that tells when modifies a verb or
  verb phrase.
• EX You may go later.
• (later tells when you may go)

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To what extent?

• An adverb that tells to what extent usually
  modifies an adjective or another adverb.
• EX The rug is extremely dirty.
• (extremely tells to what extent the rug was
  dirty)

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NOTE

• You will need to memorize and learn the following
  list of adverbs!
• not quite somewhat
• so rather very
• too
• Other adverbs that tell to what extent usually
  end in -ly

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• Whenever these words appear in a prepositional
  phrase, they are not considered adverbs!!!

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Steps to follow when looking for adverbs . . .

• Identify the subject and the verb.
• Label all nouns (these describe adjectives!)
• Cross out all prepositional phrases.
• Look at the words left. IF they answer the
  questions, you have an adverb.