Today we are going to learn about

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Today we are going to learn about
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Adverbs
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What is an adverb?
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An adverb tells you more about a verb (doing word)
It tells you where, when, or to what extent
something happens or is done.
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Many adverbs are made by adding ly onto the end
of an adjective.
Kind
The boy kindly carried the old ladys bags.
Strange
It was strangely quiet in the village.
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Adverbs

• An adverb is a word that gives more information
  about a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
• Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and adverbs
  in terms of such qualities as time, frequency and
  manner.
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• Most, but not all adverbs end in -ly as
  in slowly.
• But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs
  (ugly is an adjective, reply can be a noun or a
  verb).
• Many times an adjective can be made into an
  adverb by adding -ly as in nicely, quickly,
  completely, sincerely.

Adverbs of time tell when something happens and
adverbs of frequency tell how often something
happens.
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Adverbs can also tell you when something happens.
Our friends arrived yesterday. The holidays will
soon be over.
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The Adverb
Answers the questions
Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or
another adverb.
How?
He ran quickly.
When?
She left yesterday.
Where?
We went there.
It was too hot!
To what degree or how much?
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Kinds of Adverbs
Interrogative Adverbs introduce questions
How did you break your leg?
How?
When does your plane leave?
When?
How often do you run?
How often?
Where?
Where did you put the mouse trap?
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Below are some common  adverbs of time and
frequency which you should learn  
Adverbs of Time Adverbs of Frequency
Do it now. I always do my homework
I will see you then. We sometimes get confused.
They will be here soon. He usually gets good grades.
I can't meet you today. I never went skiing.
Let's go tomorrow. She rarely eats a big breakfast.
They told me yesterday. He was once on TV.
Have you traveled recently? He saw the movie twice.
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Types of Adverbs

• Another type of adverb are adverbs of place.
• Adverbs of place tell where? an action
  occurred.
• Example
• Did you put your book there on the table?
• Where did you put your book? There. That means
  that there is an adverb. Remember that an adverb
  is a single-word modifier.

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Types of Adverbs

• The most common type of adverbs are adverbs of
  manner.
• Adverbs of manner tell how? or in what
  manner? an action has occurred.
• Many adverbs of manner end in the letters ly.
• Example
• We walked slowly down the hall.
• (How did we walk? Slowly. That means
  slowly is an adverb of manner.)

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Types of Adverbs

• Adverbs of degree are the hardest type of adverb
  to locate in a sentence.
• Adverbs of manner tell how much? or to what
  degree? something occurs.
• Adverbs of manner are often the ones that
  describe adjectives or other adverbs.
• Example
• I am very tired.
• (To what degree am I tired? Very.
• Example
• We were too sleepy to continue the activity.
• (How much were we sleepy? Too. That means that
  toois an adverb of degree.)

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Types of Adverbs

• The final type of adverb are adverbs of
  affirmation and negation.
• The three adverbs of affirmation are
• yes, indeed, undoubtedly
• The three adverbs of negation are
• no, not, never
• Anytime these words appear in sentences, they are
  adverbs.

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Adverbs can describe adjectives
The movie was really funny.
The rather rich look appealed to everyone
completely
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Adverbs Describing Adjectives

• Some adverbs describe adjectives.
• Pretty is an adjective.
• You could say
• quite pretty
• really pretty
• not pretty
• definitely pretty
• Quite, really, not, definitely these are all
  adverbs because they describe the adjective
  pretty.

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An adverb canmodify another adverb
We very nearly had an accident!
The deer ran quite quickly back into the woods.
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Great! Now you can use adverbs to make your
writing more interesting.