Sentence Diagramming

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Sentence Diagramming

• Part 6
• Adverbs

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What is an Adverb?

• An adverb is a word that describes a
• Verb
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Hint Almost any words that ends ly is an adverb.

quickly
extremely
Surprisingly
unusually
considerably
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What Do Adverbs Do?

• Adverbs answer the following questions
• Where
• When
• How
• How often
• To what extent

• It is cold outside! (Where is it cold?)
• We should go to London tomorrow. (When should we
  go?)
• We should buy a ticket quickly. (How should we
  buy a ticket?)
• Sometimes Paris is better than London. (How
  often is it better?)
• London is really cool! (To what extent is it
  cool?)

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Diagramming Adverbs

• Like adjectives, Adverbs are diagrammed below the
  baseline, directly under the verb, adjective, or
  adverb that they describe.

• The passengers quickly boarded the plane.

This adverb answers the question how
passengers
boarded
plane
The
the
quickly
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Diagramming Adverbs

• Our flight landed early. (Adv. describing a
  verb)

flight
landed
This adverb answers the question when?
Our
early

• The plane ticket was not very expensive. (Adv
  describing an adj.)

ticket
was
expensive
This adverb answers to what extent?
The
not
very
plane
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More Diagramming Practice

• The customs officer stamped our passport
  relatively quickly! (Adverb describing another
  adverb)

officer
stamped
passport
The
our
quickly
customs
relatively
These adverb work together to answer how the
officer stamped the passport.

• My passport is almost full!

passport
is
full
My
almost
This adverb answers the question To what extent?