1. Adverbs

2. What is an ADVERB? An adverb describes a verb or an adjective.
It tells you where, why, or how much something happens or is done.

3. Where do you find an ADVERB?
Anywhere in the sentence!
The butterfly often flies high.
Often the butterfly flies.
The butterfly flies high often.

4. What do ADVERBS tell you?
When yesterday, today, soon…
Where here, there, outside…
How quickly, high, slowly…
To What Extent very high, very slowly…

5. Adverbs can be used to describe verbs in sentences.
Adverbs and Verbs
Adverbs can be used to describe verbs in sentences.

6. See how the adverb modifies the verb!
The butterfly flies.
What is the verb?
Let’s use the adverb high to describe how the butterfly flies.
The butterfly flies high.
How did using the adverb change our sentence?

7. Can you find the adverb that describes, or modifies, the verb?
Underline the verb and circle the adverb.
We studied hard for the test.
Please listen carefully for the directions.
Soon we will be finished with the test.
What fine work that you continuously do!
Yesterday we had a party to celebrate the great grades on the test.

8. Adverbs and Adjectives
Adverbs can be use to describe adjectives.

9. Many adverbs are made by adding –ly onto the end of an adjective.
Kind
The boy kindly carried the old lady’s bags.
Strange
It was strangely quiet in the village.
Review: What is -ly ?

10. Can you turn these adjectives into adverbs?
sad
safe
happy
slow
sadly
safely
happily
slowly

11. Can you find the adverbs that describe adjectives?
Sue struggled very hard with that incredibly difficult word.
He typed an awfully neat paper.
The discovery was quite significant.
Wow! That is a very sweet baby.
That is an awesome blue.
Review: What are adjectives?

12. Adverbs and Time and Place

13. Adverbs can also tell you when and where something happens.
Our friends arrived yesterday.
She will be home tomorrow.
The holidays will soon be over.
I see presents everywhere!
It is snowing outside.

14. Can you write sentences using these adverbs?
late
today
after
now

15. Can you find the adjectives, verbs, and adverbs in this sentence?
When the girl called 911, the wonderful firemen immediately rushed to her heroic rescue.
Review: Adjectives describe a noun or pronoun, verbs tell you action or being, and adverbs describe adjectives and/or verbs.

16. How can you use adverbs to make your writing more interesting?
Awesome Job ! ! !
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How can you use adverbs to make your writing more interesting?