Adverbs

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Adverbs
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Review what we already know!

• Noun person, place, thing, or idea
• dog mountains family
• Pronoun takes the place of a noun

a dog - it
the mountains they, them
our family we, us
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• Adjectives describe nouns
• answer which one, what kind, how many

a dog which one?
a brown dog
the mountains what kind?
the large mountains
our family how many?
our entire family
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• Verb is an action or state of being
• Action verbs tell what the subject DOES.

A brown dog BARKS.
The large mountains ERODE.
Our entire family SINGS.
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• Verb is an action or state of being
• State of being (LINKING) verbs link the subject
  to a noun that renames the subject or an
  adjective that describes the subject.

The brown dog IS a beagle. beagle noun,
renames the subject
The large mountains ARE beautiful. beautiful
adjective, describes the subject
Our entire family WAS sick. noun or adjective?
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Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbs

• The brown dog barks LOUDLY. (verb)
• The EXTREMELY large mountains erode.
• (adjective)
• Our entire family sings VERY beautifully.
  (adverb)

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Adverb Questions

• How?
• The brown dog barks loudly.
• How does the dog bark? loudly
• They carefully studied the new clues.
• How did they study? carefully

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Adverb Questions

• When?
• Yesterday the brown dog barked loudly.
• When did the dog bark? yesterday
• The extremely large mountains are now eroding.
• When are they eroding? now

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Adverb Questions

• Where?
• The extremely large mountains are eroding there.
• Where are the mountains eroding? there
• Our entire family sings everywhere.
• Where do they sing? everywhere

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Adverb - Intensifiers

• How much? How often?
• The brown dog sometimes barks loudly.
• How often does the dog bark? sometimes
• They always studied the new clues carefully.
• How often did they study carefully? always

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Adverb Questions

• To what extent? How much?
• The brown dog barks rather loudly.
• To what extent was it loud? rather
• They very carefully studied the new clues.
• To what extent were they careful? very

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Identify the adverb.

• The sprinter ran swiftly.
• The football player is very strong.
• Recently you studied diseases.
• We have often learned about grammar.
• We usually review basic grammar.
• The fire blazed too wildly for anyone to enter.
• Dad often quotes his father.
• Put the apples there, and well eat them later.
• You can easily fill out your assignment book.
• Have you always filled out your assignment book?

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dog
a brown dog
A brown dog barks.
A brown dog barks loudly.
Yesterday a very brown dog barked rather loudly.
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mountain
the large mountains
The large mountains are eroding.
The large mountains are eroding now.
The extremely large mountains are now eroding
there.
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family
our entire family
Our entire family sings.
Our entire family sings beautifully.
Our entire family often sings quite beautifully.
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noun
adjective and noun
Adjective, noun, and verb.
Adjective, noun, verb, and adverb.
Adverb, adjective, noun, verb, adverb, adverb.