ADVERBS - Lluvia Torres- Emmanuel Gallegos

Modify •*Give information about

Verbs • Adjectives

Other adverbs

Phrase

Clause

An adverb indicates

Manner Time

Place

Cause

Degree

They answer the questions…• Children learn new languages

easily.• How do children learn/

How?• They saw the recently discovered

comet.• When was the comet discovered?

When?• They went upstairs• Where did they go?Where?• She is always late• How often is she late

How often?

Adverbs in –ly

•Add –ly adjectives to form any adverbs.Examples:

Quick-quickly Careful-carefullyNice- nicelyEasy-easily

Special tipNotice that y changes

to i.

Many adverbs DO NOT end in -ly Almost Always Downstairs Far Fast Here Inside Late Near

Never Often Once Now Outside Sometimes Then There Today

Too Twice Upstairs Very Well yesterday

Conjunctive adverbs

• However, therefore, consequently & futhermore.

Are like conjunctions because they show a logical relationship between clauses.

Kinds of Adverbs

•Adverbs of Manner

•Modufy a verb to describe the way the action is done.

•Ex. She did the work carefully

Adverbs of Place or location

•Show where the action is done

•Ex. They live

Adverbs of time

•Show when an action is done

•Ex. He did it yesterday (when)

• They are permantely (duration)• She alwayas does it (frecuency)

Adverbs of degree •Increase or decrease the effect of the

verb

•Ex. I strongly recommend you