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Instructions: Read, study, and learn this lesson. Then do the exercise.  When you are satisfied that you understand the lesson, take the test.

{Adverbs}

Adverbs affect the meaning of verbs and can make a sentence clearer and more vivid.

1. An adverb tells how, when, where, and how much about some other word in the sentence.  It is a word that tells about manner, time, place or degree.

2. An adverb may modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb:

 Examples:

We .are leaving. {now}.  (adverb modifying a verb)
She .makes. {too} [many] /mistakes/. (adverb modifying an adjective)
They .saw. /you/ [going] {past}. (adverb modifying a participle)
They .arrived. {rather} {quickly}. (adverb modifying an adverb)
She .was. {very} \early\. (adverb modifying a predicate adjective)

3. Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly or -y to adjectives.  When this happens, the spelling may change, as in -idle and -idly.  Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs.  Not all adverbs end in -ly. 

Adjective:	soft	bold	wild	careful
Adverb:	softly	boldly	wildly	carefully

  4. Some of the words that do not end in -ly but are often used as adverbs are listed below. 

always	near	often	soon	very
afterward	ever	not	so	there
almost	here	nowhere	somewhere	too
down	near	rather	than	well
again	now	somewhat	everywhere

5. The word not is always an adverb.  It is often part of a contraction, as in the following words: 

can’t

hasn’t

won’t

shouldn’t

wouldn’t

When marking sentences, show one side of each, the verb and the adverb .can’t}. 

.can’t}       .hasn’t}     .won’t}        .shouldn’t}     .wouldn’t} 

6. Adverbs may be compound: She spoke {softly} but {clearly}. 

7. Many words can be used as different parts of speech. Study the following examples to see how many ways right can be used in a sentence. 

The right to protest doesn’t mean to cause trouble. noun/subject 

They must .right. their miscalculation to arrive on time. .verb. 

They then turned {right} on Main Street. {adverb} 

They started off on the [right] path. [adjective]  

Exercise, Lesson 18

Instructions: Read, study, and memorize the key teaching points regarding this lesson.  When you can recall and discuss the information with understanding, take the test. 

What to learn about adverbs: 

1. Adverbs affect the meaning of verbs and can make a sentence clearer and more vivid. 

2. An adverb tells how, when, where, and how much about some other word in the sentence. 

3. An adverb is a word that tells about manner, time, place, or degree. 

4. An adverb may modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. 

5. Many adverbs are formed by adding -y or -ly to adjectives. 

6. Some of the words that do not end in -ly but are often used as adverbs are listed below. 

always	near	often	soon	very
afterward	ever	not	so	there
almost	here	nowhere	somewhere	up
down	near	rather	then	well
again	now	somewhat	everywhere	too

7.  The word not is always an adverb and is often part of a contraction. .can’t} 

8.  Adverbs may be compound: She spoke {softly} but {clearly}.

Test, Lesson 18

Instructions: Write the sentences on a separate sheet of paper and answer all of the questions. 

1. What is an adverb and how is it marked? 

2. What do adverbs effect in sentences? 

3. What does an adverb do in a sentence? 

4. What does an adverb modify in a sentence? 

5. Write two sentences using adverbs. 

6. How are adverbs formed using -ly? 

7. Write two sentences using adverbs ending in -ly. 

8. Write two sentences using non -ly adverbs. 

9. Which word can be part of a contraction and is always an adverb? 

10. Write two sentences using “not” as part of a contraction.

11. Write two sentences using compound adverbs.

Marking Sentences

Instructions: Mark the subjects, verbs, objects, complements, adjectives, and adverb phrases in the following sentences.

  1. The price of food has never been high until now.

2. An extremely faint cry reached our ears.

3. Have you ever had lunch at the Greek restaurant?

4. His brown shirt was torn into little pieces.

5. Three young men came running towards us.

6. The orange and white bus was a hybrid.

7. The road soon became a narrow and uneven path.

8. The runner came back just now.

9. Our hastily laid plans are changing rapidly.

10. The man looked around rather nervously.

11. Suddenly a shot rang out {loud} and {clear}.