Adverbs

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What is Adverbs?
Adverbs is single-word modifiers.
This means that they describe something.
They describe verbs most of the time.
Sometimes they describe adjectives and
other adverbs.

What are Adverbs?
Most adverbs describe an action verb.
Run is a verb. You could:
run fast
run slow
run backward
run sideways
Fast, slow, backward, sideways these are all
adverbs because they describe the action run.
What are Adverbs?
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.

What are Adverbs?
Some adverbs also describe other adverbs.

Cowardly is an adverb.
You could say:
very cowardly
never cowardly
always cowardly
thoroughly cowardly

Very, never, always, thoroughly these are
adverbs because they describe other adverbs.
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.)