Adverbs

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Adverbs
quickly
carefully
very
well
really
slowly
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What is an adverb?

• An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an
  adjective, or another adverb.
• An adverb tells how, when, where, or to what
  extent.

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How are adverbs formed?

• Most adverbs are formed by adding ly to
  adjectives
• careful carefully
• quick quickly
• Other adverbs are words like
• there, now, never, almost, too

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• The cat walked slowly.
• Slowly tells HOW the cat walked.
• (slowly modifies the verb walked)
• The dog show begins tomorrow.
• Tomorrow tells WHEN the show will begin.
• (tomorrow modifies begins)

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• Three carpenters are working upstairs.
• Upstairs tells WHERE the carpenters are working.
• (upstairs modifies working)
• My sand sculpture is nearly finished.
• Nearly tells TO WHAT EXTENT the sculpture is
  finished.
• (nearly modifies finished)

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Lets find adverbs!

• Find the adverb and the word it modifies.
• Bob plays the saxophone well.
• He had a concert yesterday.

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Well tells HOW Bob plays.
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Yesterday tells WHEN the concert was.
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Lets try more!

• Find the adverb and the word it modifies
• The two cats often play.
• They quickly run up and down the stairs.
• The cats are very active.

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Often tells WHEN the cats play.
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Quickly tells HOW the cats run.
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Very tells HOW active the cats are.
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Comparing with Adverbs

• Adverbs can be used to compare two actions.
• Use the comparative form of the adverb.
• Mary runs faster than Leslie.
• Adverbs can be used to compare 3 or more actions.
• Use the superlative form of the adverb.
• Of the 3 light bulbs, the 150-watt burns
  brightest.

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To make the comparative form of some adverbs, add
er. To make the superlative, add est.
Superlative
Comparative

• late later latest
• high higher highest
• early earlier earliest

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For most adverbs that end in ly Form the
comparative by adding more Form the superlative
by adding most.
Comparative
Superlative

• brightly more brightly most brightly
• brave more bravely most bravely
• carefully more carefully most carefully

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Some adverbs change forms completely

• well better best
• badly worse worst
• much more most
• little less least

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Write the correct form of the adverb in
parenthesis.

• Theresa pitches (fast) than Sylvia.
• Of all the girls on the team, Maria runs (quick).
• Jenny likes the Blue Jays (well) than the Yankees.

faster
quickest
better
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Adjective or Adverb?
Remember

• ADJECTIVES
• tell how many, what kind, or which one about
  nouns and pronouns.
• ADVERBS
• tell how, when, where, or to what extent about
  verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

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Choose the correct word for the following
sentences. Tell whether you chose an adjective
or an adverb.
ADVERB

• The actors knew their parts (perfect, perfectly).
• The actors seemed (calm, calmly) before the play
  began.
• The speeches were very (well, good).

ADJECTIVE
ADJECTIVE
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Choose the correct word for the following
sentences. Tell whether you chose an adjective
or an adverb.
ADVERB

• The mountains are (real, really) gigantic.
• The storm (quick, quickly) ended.
• The rain fell (lightly, light) on the roof.

ADVERB
ADVERB