Adverb Notes
Jan 07, 2016
Adverb Notes
Definition
• An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Adverbs answer the following questions:
How?
Where?
When?
To What extent?
ExamplesExamples
1. The sprinter ran swiftly. [The adverb swiftly modifies the verb ran and tells how.]
2. I read the funny pages early on Sunday morning. [The adverb early modifies the verb read and tells when.]
Examples
5. Dad will sometimes quote from famous poets. [The adverb sometimes modifies the verb will quote and tells when.]
6. Put the apples there, and we will eat them later. [The adverb there modifies the verb put and tells where. The adverb later modifies the verb will eat and tells when.]
Examples
3. Jolene was comforting a very small child. [The adverb very modifies the adjective small and tells to what extent.]
4. The fire blazed too wildly for anyone to enter. [The adverb too modifies the adverb wildly and tells to what extent. The adverb wildly modifies the verb modifies the verb blazed and tells how.]
Words Often Used as Adverbs
Where?
• Away• Here• Inside• There• Up
When?
• Later• Now• Soon• Then• Tomorrow
How?
• Clearly• Easily• Quietly• Slowly
To what extent?
• Almost• So• Too• More• Least• Extremely• Quite• Very• Not
Take NoteTake Note
The word not is nearly always used as an adverb modifying a verb. When not is part of a contraction, as in hadn’t, aren’t, and didn’t, the –n’t is still an adverb and is not part of the verb.