Adverbs Part 2 SC English September 27, 2007

Fill in the blanks  Adverbs modify:  Words that end in ____ usually are adverbs.  Examples:  1.  2.  3.  4.  _____ and ___ are always adverbs.

Fill in the blanks  Interrogative adverbs ______________.  The four interrogative adverbs are:

Fill in the blanks  Adverbs answer the questions of:  1.  Ex:  2.  Ex:  3.  Ex:  4.  Ex:  5.  Ex:

Fill in the blanks  Adverbs that modify verbs come ________ in the sentence.  Adverbs that modify adjectives or other adverbs usually come _______ the word that is being modified

Adverb or Adjective?  How do you think you can tell if a word is an adjective or an adverb?

Adverb or Adjective? 1. Find the modifying word in the sentence. 2. Figure out what word it is modifying. 3. If the word being modified is a noun or pronoun, the modifier is an adjective. 4. If the word being modified is a verb, adjective, or adverb, it is an adverb.

Adverb or Adjective?  Raccoons take nightly trips for food.  They can move very fast.  They are not the only night prowlers.  Raccoons come out in the daytime only if they are not feeling well.  The raccoon came too late to find food.

Answers  Adjective: nightly- trips (n)  Adverb: move (v)- fast  Adjective: only- prowlers (n)  Adverb: come out(v) – only  Adverb: too- late (adj.)

Assignment  pp : Ex. 23,24,34,35  Good luck!