Adverbs

Adverbs

English Practicing Teacher

ByMiss Carmelle Dawn Laurente Vasay

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Spelling Time !

Today we are going to learn more about…

Adverbs

What are Adverbs?

ADVERBS

- are words that modifya verb (He drove slowly. — How did he drive?)

an adjective (He drove a very fast car. — How fast was his car?)

another adverb (She moved quite slowly down the aisle. — How slowly did she move?)

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- As we will see, adverbs often tell when, where, why, or under what conditions something happens or happened.

Examples:

I quickly ate my lunch.

Quickly is the adverb in this sentence because it describes how I ate my lunch.

Examples:

Soon she displayed her work.

Soon is the adverb in this sentence because it describes when she displayed her work.

Examples:His keys were hung there.

There is the adverb in this sentence because it describes where his keys were hung.

Commonly adverbs are formed from adjectives. Some are below.

Adjectives

Adverbs

Kind Kindly

Happy Happily

Wonderful Wonderfully

Loud Loudly

Sad Sadly

Beautiful Beautifully

Sweet Sweetly

Many adverbs end with -ly. You make these adverbs by adding -ly to adjectives.

Some words athat end in -ly are not adverbs. Some adjectives end in -ly too.

For Example:- 1.Sam was feeling very lonely. 2.She was wearing a lovely dress. 3.It was a very lively party

Note:

Not all words that end in -ly are adverbs.

ApplyAssemblyBubblyBullyChillyComplyCostlyCurlyDailyDeadlydragonfly

Kinds of AdverbsManner

Place

Time

Frequency

It describes in which manner an action is done.

It describes where an action is done.

It describes when an action is done.

It shows how many times an action is done.

Examples:The girls answered all the questions correctly.

He was driving carelessly.The plane landed safely.Ramu plays the guitar skillfully.

Adverbs of Manner: Some adverbs and adverb phrases describe the way people do things.It answer the question “how”.

make a sentence using these adverbs Of Manner

sadly

safely

happily

Slowly

Examples : The boys are playing upstairs. The dog is in the garden. We’re going to New York City for our

school trip. It’s very sunny but cold outside.

Adverbs of Place:Some adverbs and adverb phrases answer the question “where?”.They are called adverbs of place.

make a sentence using these adverbs OF PLACE

abroad

nearbydownstairs

inside

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Examples :The train has already left.We moved into our new house last

week.Our favorite T.V. program starts at 6’o

clock.I’m going to my new school tomorrow.

Adverbs of Time:Some adverbs and adverb phrases answer the question “when?”.They are called adverbs of time.

make a sentence using these adverbs OF Time

late today

afternow

Adverbs of FrequencySome adverbs and adverb phrases answer the question “how often an action is done”.They are called adverbs of frequency.Examples :

The children always go to school on the bus.I’ll never make that mistake again . I clean my bedroom every day.Dad polishes his shoes twice a week.

make a sentence using these adverbs OF FREQUENCY

regularlyseldom

Twice a month

often

Formation of AdverbsMost adverbs are formed by adding -ly to their corresponding adjectives. Examples are: kindly (kind), slowly (slow), hardly (hard), sweetly (sweet) etc.She is very beautiful (adjective).

She is beautifully (adverb) dressed.

He is a strange (adjective) person.

He behaved strangely (adverb).

Points to be noted1. If the adjective ends in -y, replace it with -i and then add -ly.Adjective Adverb

Happy Happily

Angry Angrily

Lucky Luckily

2. If the adjective ends in -able, -ible, or -le, replace the -e with -y.

Adjective Adverb

probable probably

gentle gently

humble humbly

3. If the adjective ends in -ic, add -ally.

Adjective Adverb

basic basically

economic economically

This rule, however, has an exception. The adverb formed from public is publicly, and not publically.

1. His face was dirty and he was dressed______________. manner.)

2. Have you __________ been in a plane? (frequency)

3. She was so ill that she missed school _____________.(duration)

a4. I did some homework last night and finished it

____________. time)

5. We went _________ to play. (place)(outside this morning ever in old clothes for a week)

Try this exercise :

in old clothes

ever

for a week

this morning

outside

Great!

Now you are ready for the activity.

IDENTIFY THE

ADVERBS IN EACH OF THE SENTENCE.

A. YESTERDAYB. BIFFC. WAS

Yesterday, Biff was all alone.

A. STANB. SLOPPILYC. WOODEN

Stan sloppily painted the wooden fence.

The Congress voted unanimously for the bill.A. UNANIMOUSLYB. VOTEDC. FOR

A. PUTB. THEC. THERE

Put the newspapers there.

A. FEDB. LIKEC. DAILY

They are fed daily with fruits and vegetables.

A. GIRAFFESB. EXTREMELYC. TONGUES

Giraffes have extremely long tongues.

A. ABSENTMINDEDLYB. STROLLEDC. CASUALLYD. INTOE. WRONG

Absentmindedly, Carl strolled casually into the wrong classroom.

By

Miss Carmelle Dawn Vasay