Adverb Notes

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Adverb Notes
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Definition

• An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an
  adjective, or another adverb

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Adverbs answer the following questions

• How?
• Where?
• When?
• To What extent?

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Examples

1. The sprinter ran swiftly. The adverb swiftly
   modifies the verb ran and tells how.
2. I read the funny pages early on Sunday morning.
   The adverb early modifies the verb read and
   tells when.

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Examples

• 5. Dad will sometimes quote from famous poets.
  The adverb sometimes modifies the verb will
  quote and tells when.
• 6. Put the apples there, and we will eat them
  later. The adverb there modifies the verb put
  and tells where. The adverb later modifies the
  verb will eat and tells when.

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Examples

• 3. Jolene was comforting a very small child. The
  adverb very modifies the adjective small and
  tells to what extent.
• 4. The fire blazed too wildly for anyone to
  enter. The adverb too modifies the adverb wildly
  and tells to what extent. The adverb wildly
  modifies the verb modifies the verb blazed and
  tells how.

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Words Often Used as Adverbs
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Where?

• Away
• Here
• Inside
• There
• Up

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When?

• Later
• Now
• Soon
• Then
• Tomorrow

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How?

• Clearly
• Easily
• Quietly
• Slowly

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To what extent?

• Almost
• So
• Too
• More
• Least
• Extremely
• Quite
• Very
• Not

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Take Note

• The word not is nearly always used as an adverb
  modifying a verb. When not is part of a
  contraction, as in hadnt, arent, and didnt,
  the nt is still an adverb and is not part of
  the verb.