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17 Cards in this Set
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True or False.
Adverbs are primarily used to modify verbs. They can also be used to describe adjectives and other adverbs. |
True.
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Examples of Adverbs.
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shyly, also, favorable, really, quite, badly, truly, agilely, wholly, duly, usually, simply
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Find the Adverb.
He eats raisin bran daily. |
daily
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Find the adverb.
"I'm free after the conference," she said coyly. |
coyly
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True or False.
Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs. |
True.
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Find the adverb and adjective:
He is very tall. |
Very = adverb
tall = adjective |
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Find the adverb and adjective:
You are quite correct. |
Quite = adverb
correct = adjective |
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Find the adverb and adjective:
The employee you hired is wholly inadequate to the task. |
wholly = adverb
inadequate = adjective |
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Find the verb and adverb:
The contestant danced quite awkwardly. |
danced = verb
awkwardly = adverb |
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True or False:
Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, or nouns. |
False.
Adverbs can modify verbs, nouns or other adverbs - NOT NOUNS! Use adjectives to modify nouns. |
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Correct or Incorrect:
The company needs to move quick if it is to launch its new product before the holiday shopping season. |
Incorrect.
"Quick" should be "Quickly" |
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Determine whether the sentence has an error and circle Correct/Incorrect. If the sentence is correct, circle all adverbs and draw an arrow from each adverb to the verb it modifies.
The new vendor did the job quite quick. |
Incorrect.
"Quick" should be "Quickly" |
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Determine whether the sentence has an error and circle Correct/Incorrect. If the sentence is correct, circle all adverbs and draw an arrow from each adverb to the verb it modifies.
I promise you that I can do the job well and fast. |
Correct.
Adverbs = well, fast Both adverbs modify the verb "do" |
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Determine whether the sentence has an error and circle Correct/Incorrect. If the sentence is correct, circle all adverbs and draw an arrow from each adverb to the verb it modifies.
He woke up early and cheerfully did the dishes. |
Correct.
Adverbs = early, cheerfully Early modifies woke. Cheerfully modifies did. |
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Determine whether the sentence has an error and circle Correct/Incorrect. If the sentence is correct, circle all adverbs and draw an arrow from each adverb to the verb it modifies.
The performer danced lively, delighting the children. |
Incorrect.
Lively is an adjective, not an adverb. In place of lively you can use the phrase "in a lively manner" or another word such as "spiritedly, or enthusiastically" |
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Determine whether the sentence has an error and circle Correct/Incorrect. If the sentence is correct, circle all adverbs and draw an arrow from each adverb to the verb it modifies.
I feel bad for doing the job so badly. |
Correct.
Adverb = badly Bad modifies the subject "I", and joined with the linking verb "feel" Badly is an adverb modifying "doing" |
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True or False.
An adverb has to "touch" (be placed next to" the verb it is modifying. |
False.
As long as it is clear what verb an adverb is modifying, an adverb does not have to touch the verb. |
