1. ADVERBS The part of speech everyone hates.

2. Adverbs describe: –Verbs –Adjectives –Other Adverbs

3. The boy runs quickly. The adverb Quickly tells how the boy ran. How did the boy run? Quickly

4. This colorful picture celebrates a birthday. The adjective colorful describes the noun picture. This extremely colorful picture celebrates a birthday. The ADVERB extremely describes the adjective colorful and tells HOW colorful.

5. The boy runs quickly. The boy runs very quickly. The adverb very describes how quickly. How quickly? very

6. HOW? WHEN ? WHERE? TO WHAT EXTENT? HOW OFTEN?

7. The woman was smiling brightly. HOW was she smiling? Brightly. The adverb brightly tells HOW she was smiling.

8. The man will arrive late to his meeting. WHEN will he arrive? late The adverb late tells WHEN he will arrive.

9. Outside, the child played quietly. WHERE did the child play? outside The adverb outside tells WHERE the child played.

10. The woman was nearly finished with her sewing. To what extent was the woman finished ? nearly The adverb nearly tells to what extent the woman was finished.

11. The alarm went off hourly. HOW OFTEN did the alarm go off? Hourly. The adverb hourly tells HOW OFTEN the alarm went off.

12. adverbs Modify: Verbs Adjectives Other adverbs Answer the questions: How When Where To what extent How often