ADVERBS
We have seen that an adjective is a word
that gives more information about a noun or
pronoun. An adverb is usually defined as a
word that gives more information about a verb,
an adjective or another adverb. Adverbs
describe verbs, adjectives and adverbs in
terms of such qualities as time, frequency and
manner. In the sentence Sue runs fast, fast
describes how or the manner in which Sue
runs. In the sentence Sue runs very fast, very
describes the adverb fast and gives
information about how fast Sue runs.
Most, but not all adverbs end in -ly as
in But not all words that end in -ly are
adverbs (ugly is an adjective, supply and
reply can both be nouns or verbs). Many
times an adjective can be made into an adverb
by adding -ly as in nicely, quickly, completely,
sincerely.
Adverbs of time tell when something
happens and adverbs of frequency tell how
often something happens. On the next slide
are some common adverbs of time and
frequency which you should learn:
Do it now.
I always do my homework.
I will see you then.
We sometimes get confused.
They will be here soon.
He usually gets good grades.
I can't meet you today.
I never went skiing.
Let's go tomorrow.
She rarely eats a big breakfast.
They told me yesterday.
He was once on TV.
Have you traveled recently?
He saw the movie twice.
ADVERBS
POP
QUIZ
1) Adverbs are most often
used to give more
information about
A. subjects
B. verbs
C. questions
D. nouns
E. prepositions
2) Which kind of word can an
adverb describe?
A. pronoun
B. preposition
C. adjective
D. conjunction
E. article
3) Which contains an adverb?
A. full house
B. three women
C. was dirty
D. very funny
E. early morning
4) Which contains an adverb?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
rich man
study hard
one time
easy job
hard life
5) Which contains an adverb?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
went quickly
friendly people
good question
fast food
free time
6. Which does not contain an
adverb?
A. very late dinner
B. came too early
C. early bird
D. woke up early
E. came late
7) Which does not contain an
adverb?
A. sincerely yours
B. drive safely
C. ate fast
D. too easy
E. my supply
8) Which part of speech is
used to describe an adverb?
A. conjunction
B. pronoun
C. adverb
D. adjective
E. verb
9) What is the most common
ending for adverbs?
A. -ive
B. -ate
C. -ly
D. -tion
10) How many adverbs are in
I really woke up too early this
morning?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
FINI