Adverbs • Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb • They answer the following questions: • Where?: went outside , sit there • When?: often asks, left yesterday , never again • How?: ran quickly , remarked casually • How often? or How long?: sometimes talk • To what extent?: rather quickly, just started, not done • Many end in –ly • Don’t confuse with prepositions! • Adverb: I went outside . • Prep.: I went outside my house.
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ADVERBS Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb They answer the following questions: Where?: went outside, sit there When?: often asks, left yesterday,
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Adverbs• Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb• They answer the following questions:
• Where?: went outside, sit there• When?: often asks, left yesterday, never again• How?: ran quickly, remarked casually• How often? or How long?: sometimes talk • To what extent?: rather quickly, just started,
not done• Many end in –ly• Don’t confuse with prepositions!
• Adverb: I went outside.• Prep.: I went outside my
house.
Words often used as adverbs
*The word not is an adverb– even when used in a contraction (won’t, don’t, etc.).