Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

◦ How? (In what way?) ◦ To what extent? Where? fell below went there move aside climbs down When? arrived today should have spoken before left early begins then  Answers the questions: ◦ Where? ◦ When? In What Way? (How?) happily ran danced awkwardly will end abruptly had been sung loudly To What Extent? partly understands hardly would have known wash completely have not completed

 Answer ONE question: ◦ To What Extent? To What Extent? very glad absolutely wrong almost ready moved really quickly climbed almost over entirely grateful

 Often, adverbs can be recognized by the suffix –ly. Remember, however, that not all adverbs end in –ly and not all words that end in –ly are adverbs. ◦ Adverbs: swam quicklyleft later ◦ Adjectives: only friendearly flight

 Adverbs may come before, after, or between the words they modify. ◦ Quietly, she will tiptoe from the stage. ◦ She will quietly tiptoe from the stage. ◦ She will tiptoe quietly from the stage.

1. Hawks fly very quickly across the sky. 2. They have slightly rounded wings. 3. Their light-colored eyes give them a rather fierce look. 4. Hawks are often seen in many parts of the world. 5. When disturbed, they utter extremely piercing whistles. 6. Hawks have amazingly sharp eyesight. 7. The female hawks quite often are larger than the male hawks. 8. Hawks are extremely private birds. 9. They prefer living in quite secluded nests. 10. Their rather extensive diet includes most small mammals and birds.

1. Her curly hair is due to the humidity. 2. Two deer live in that forest. 3. He reacted so strangely to the news. 4. This telephone is extremely old. 5. The grey cat belongs to her. 6. A Japanese bonsai tree is pretty. 7. His voice suddenly sounded squeaky. 8. The carpet is being replaced by marble tile. 9. Several leasing agents helped everyone. 10. Yesterday, they went to dinner.