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Adverbs are words that modify?
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Verbs, adjectives and other adverbs or sentences.
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If adverbs tell us HOW MUCH they modify?
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Adjectives or other adverbs and are also called qualifiers because they strengthen or weaken the words they modify. (Almost nothing, Too late)
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Give examples of some words that can act as either adverbs or adjectives?
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HARD, FAST, LOW, EARLY, LONG, RIGHT, HOURLY, DAILY, YEARLY, etc [This meat is hard (adjective? modifies “meat”) I worked hard to get it (adverb modifies “worked”)]
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Are nouns used as adverbs?
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Yes, frequently. [The Pope will arrive today. ("today"= noun functioning as an adverb of time)]
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When we use adverbs to say when something happened, they are known as?
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Adverbs of Time and they are usually put at the end of the sentence. [I met him LAST TUESDAY. (Adverbs can be a word or a phrase as in this case) He went to her house YESTERDAY. We met one year ago TODAY.
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Since adverbs of time are usually put at the end of the sentence, why would they ever be used in the beginning of the sentence?
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To show emphasis. [NEXT WEEK I’m going to buy the tickets (Placed at the beginning for emphasis)]
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When we use adverbs to say where something happened, they are known as?
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Adverbs of Place. (We lived THERE last month. Is he HERE?.)
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When we use adverbs to say how something happened, they are known as?
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Adverbs of Manner. (You can speak English WELL. She plays sports BADLY.)
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Can adverbs of manner come before the verb?
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Yes. (That book was BADLY written.)
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If we have more than one adverb, in what order should they be placed?
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MANNER + PLACE + TIME. (I drove CAREFULLY this MORNING. Let’s meet HERE NEXT WEEK. Do you come HERE OFTEN?)
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Iif the verb of the sentence is a verb indicating movement (go, come, etc..) then what is the order, where there are more than one adverb?
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PLACE + MANNER + TIME (I went to the office by bus yesterday)
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When we use adverbs to say how much something happened, they are known as?
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Adverbs of degree and are usually placed before the adjective or adverb they modify. (There are ENOUGH chairs, don’t worry. I can HARDLY see. That mountain is too high. He speaks EXTREMELY fast. He’s rather late.)
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When we use adverbs to say how often something happened, they are known as?
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Adverbs of Frequency. (We USUALLY put them before the main verb. He USUALLY finishes work at 5. I RARELY eat fish.. I OFTEN go to the cinema.)
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Is the adverb of frequency usually placed after the verb TO BE?
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(He is usually late.)
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Some adverbs have two slightly different forms but each with?
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A different meaning. [He is deeply in love with Sue (= very) Do not go deep into your thought. ( = a long way down). They arrived late ( = not early) They have been studying hard lately (= recently)]
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None
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SHE WORKS HARD ( = with effort) and SHE HARDLY WORKS THESE DAYS ( = almost never) are examples of ?
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Some adverbs that have slightly different forms with a different meaning.
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