Adverbs

Lesson 1- Adverbs that Modify Verbs

Lesson 1-Adverbs that Modify Verbs An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Lesson 1 An adverb that modifies a verb may tell how, where, when, or to what extent about the verb. Many adverbs end in ly.

Lesson 1 Adverbs that modify verbs may be placed before the verb, after the verb, or at the very beginning of a sentence.

Lesson 1 Examples: How: Where: When: To what extent: Maria spoke slowly. Where: She stood there. When: Then she sat in a chair. To what extent: She completely convinced us.

Lesson 1-Guided Practice Directions: Identify the verb, then identify the adverb modifying the verb. Maria often presents reports on television. She studied hard for this job. Frequently, Maria reads the evening news. She usually reports from the local station. She works there with a staff of reporters. Maria usually reports on environmental issues.

Adverbs that Modify Adjectives and Adverbs Lesson 2

Lesson 2-Modifying Adj. & Adv. Adverbs that modify adjectives and adverbs answer the questions how and to what extent.

Lesson 2-Modifying Adj. & Adv. Adverbs can add meaning to adjectives and other adverbs. Examples: Superman is very brave She danced extremely well. adverb adverb adverb adjective

Lesson 2-Modifying Adj. & Adv. An adverb that modifies an adjective or another adverb usually comes directly before the word it modifies. Example: Highway safety is a very serious problem. We should think about it extremely carefully.

Lesson 2 – Guided Practice Directions: Write the word that the underlined adverb modifies and tell whether the word is an adverb or an adjective. This article states the facts very strongly. Do you know about this dreadfully important problem? We don’t drive too fast. The city needs an almost immediate solution. The mayor acted extremely quickly. adverb adjective adverb adjective adverb

Adverbs that Compare Lesson 3

Lesson 3 – Comparative/Superlative Adverbs Comparative and superlative adverbs compare actions.

Lesson 3 – Comparative/Superlative Adverbs The comparative form of an adverb compares two actions. Example: In the debate, Julie spoke longer than Carla.

Lesson 3 – Comparative/Superlative Adverbs To form a comparative adverb: Add er to all adverbs with one syllable and to some adverbs with two syllables. Use more with most adverbs with two syllables and all adverbs with more than two syllables. Examples: -long, longer -early, earlier -slowly, more slowly

Lesson 3 – Comparative/Superlative Adverbs The superlative form of an adverb compares more than two actions. Example: Tanya spoke the longest of all.

Lesson 3 – Comparative/Superlative Adverbs To form a superlative adverb: Add est to all adverbs with one syllable and to some adverbs with two syllables. Use most with most adverbs with two syllables and all adverbs with more than two syllables. Examples: -long, longest -early, earliest -slowly, most slowly

Lesson 3 – Comparative/Superlative Adverbs Irregular forms Some comparative and superlative adverbs have irregular forms. Examples: -well, better, best -badly, worse, worst -little, less, least -much, more, most

Lesson 3 – Guided Practice Directions: Write the comparative and superlative form of each word. late busily fast peacefully successfully later latest more busily most busily faster fastest more peacefully most peacefully more successfully most successfully

Adverbs or Adjectives? Lesson 4

Lesson 4 –Adverbs or Adjectives? Some words can be used both as adjectives and as adverbs. Remember: An adjective modifies a noun/pronoun. An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Lesson 4 –Adverbs or Adjectives? Examples: Adjectives: Bob was fast. The journey was long. Adverbs: We ran fast. I worked long into the night. fast modifies the noun “Bob” long modifies the noun “journey” Fast modifies the verb “ran” long modifies the verb “worked”

Lesson 4 –Adverbs or Adjectives? Some adverbs have an ly ending, which makes them easy to recognize. Adjective: quick slow loud Adverb: quickly slowly loudly

Lesson 4 –Adverbs or Adjectives? Good vs. Well Good is always used as an adjective. Well is usually used as an adverb. Examples: That was a good decision. adjective You spoke well. adverb

Lesson 4 –Adverbs or Adjectives? Directions: Write the word in parentheses that correctly completes each sentence. Then, identify whether the word is an adjective or an adverb. Gwen is a (good, well) salesperson. adjective She is always (polite, politely) to her customers. She treats everyone (helpful, helpfully). adverb Her presentations of new products are (good, well). They are planned especially (good, well).

Avoiding Double Negatives Lesson 5

Lesson 5 – Double Negatives Some negative words are used as adverbs. A negative is a word that means ”no.” Examples: never, none, no, hardly, no one, and nowhere.

Lesson 5 – Double Negatives Use only one negative word to give a negative meaning. If two negative words are used together it makes a double negative and is incorrect. Example: I won’t never give up.

Lesson 5 – Double Negatives To correct a double negative, you can substitute a matching positive word, or drop one of the negatives. Example: I won’t never give up. I won’t ever give up. I will never give up.

Lesson 4 –Adverbs or Adjectives? Directions: Write the word in parentheses that correctly completes each sentence.. Yoko hadn’t (never, ever) heard the story of Blackwell’s life. Elizabeth Blackwell never wanted to be (anything, nothing) other than a doctor. In 1845 medical schools did not admit (no, any) women. Blackwell never (did, didn’t) accept rejection.

Using Commas to Set Off Words Lesson 6

Use a comma to show a pause after an introductory word. Lesson 6 – Using Commas Use a comma to show a pause after an introductory word. Example: Yes, I think that the new law is needed.

Lesson 6 – Using Commas Use commas to set off words called interrupters that interrupt the flow of a sentence. Example: Senator Perillo, of course, is campaigning hard.

Lesson 6 – Using Commas Use commas to set off nouns of direct address (the name of someone who is being spoken to directly.) Example: Are you in favor of the parkland bill, Sam?

Lesson 6 – Using Commas Use commas to set off an appositive. **If an appositive is necessary for the meaning of a sentence, do not use commas. Example: This bill, a tax measure, failed to pass. The word senate comes from Latin.

Lesson 6 – Using Commas Directions: Tell where to use commas in the following sentences. My computer an out-of-date model needs to be replaced. These computers are highly praised I believe. Do you have the newest model Mr. Sato? Yes it is over here. It costs more money I imagine.

Prefixes Lesson 7

Lesson 7 – Prefixes A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a base word. Once you know the meaning of a prefix, you can figure out the meaning of a familiar base word that has that prefix.

Prefix Meaning Example re un dis mis in im ir, il non pre post inter again, back rethink, replace un not, the opposite of unknown, unhappy dis not, the opposite of, lack of dislike, disinfect, disorder mis wrongly, badly misplace, misbehave in not, without, in, into incomplete, inexperience im impatient, imbalance ir, il not, without irregular, illogical non not, the opposite of, without nonworking, nonsense pre before, in preparation for preview, preschool post after, later, behind postscript inter between or among, together international, interlace bi having two of, twice bicycle, biweekly ex out of or from, previous ex-president

Lesson 7 – Prefixes impossible interaction not possible recopy regain Directions: Identify the prefix and give the meaning of each word. impossible interaction recopy regain disobey not possible action among each other copy again gain again not obey