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Adverbs
Grade Six
Types of Adverbs
One type of adverb is the adverb of time. Adverbs of time tell when? or how often? an action occurs. Example: I never saw the movie. (When did I see it? Never. That means never is an adverb of time.) Example: We wrote a story yesterday in class. (When did we write it? Yesterday. That means yesterday is an adverb of time.)
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. On the table is a prepositional phrase. It is not an adverb. Remember that an adverb is a single-word modifier.
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.)
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. Very is an adverb of manner.) Example: We were too sleepy to continue the activity. (How much were we sleepy? Too. That means that toois an adverb of degree.)
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.
Adverb or Adjective?
An ADVERB modifies verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. An ADJECTIVE modifies nouns. Example: The fast car is racing. (Fast describes car. Car is a noun. The kind of word that describes a noun is an adjective; therefore, in this sentence, fast is an adjective.) Example: The car races fast. (Fast describes how it races. Races is a verb. The kind of word that describes a verb is an adverb; therefore, in this sentence, fast is an adverb.)
This completes the review of adverbs. Additional review can be done in the review folders housed in 106 and the library.