Adverbs - as005.k12.sd.us



Adverbs

What do adverbs modify?

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

What questions do they answer?

When – Today I am going to the movies.

Where – Will you go outside and shovel the sidewalk?

How – He swerved quickly to avoid the oncoming car.

How often – He seldom smiles.

To what extent - We arrived too late.

(to what extent late or how late?)

If the adverb answers when, where, how, or how often, it more than likely will modify or describe a verb.

If the adverb answers to what extent (or how), it modifies an adjective or another adverb.

Words that end in ly are often – but not always – adverbs.

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