Identifying Adverbs the First
Identify the adverb or adverbs:
A jellyfish's shape quite closely resembles an inverted bowl or a bell.
What is "quite" and "closely"?
What type of word is it modifying?
Winter weather usually begins in December.
What is a verb?
The ocean is (unusually, positive) narrow.
What is unusually?
Some people mistakenly classify whales as fish.
What is mistakenly?
The amount of months an average person spends waiting for red lights to turn green in their lifetime.
What is 6 months?
Identify the adverb or adverbs:
If attacked, jellyfish often inject deadly poisons.
What is "often"?
What type of word is it modifying?
Cold weather delivers snow periodically to these states.
What is a verb?
Fish and other animals live (good, comparative) in the Arctic Ocean than plant life.
What is better?
Whales fall correctly into the mammal category.
What is correctly?
The word for an irrational fear of being happy.
What is cherophobia?
Identify the adverb or adverbs:
Certain Jellyfish become seven feet long, but most do not get that large.
What is "nearly" and "not"?
What type of word is it modifying?
The date for the beginning of winter varies only slightly.
What is an adverb?
Fog is seen over the Atlantic (frequently, comparative) in the summer than in the winter.
What is more frequently?
The sizes of whales vary greatly.
What is greatly?
The inventor of the frisbee was turned into a _________ when he died.
What is a frisbee?
Identify the adverb or adverbs:
Jellyfish move quickly and effortlessly upward.
What is "quickly", "effortlessly", and "upward"?
What type of word is it modifying?
In the polar regions the sun's appearance is often extremely rare.
What is an adjective?
Scientists (often, superlative) consider the Arctic Ocean the smallest ocean.
What is most often?
The whales eat mainly algae and other microscopic organisms.
What is mainly?
The world's largest pyramid is in _________.
What is Mexico? (Puebla, Mexico to be exact)
Identify the adverb or adverbs:
Other poisons cause only a slightly uncomfortable rash.
What is "only" and "slightly"?
What type of word is it modifying?
The southern states may more frequently receive rain instead of snow.
What is an adverb?
The Arctic Ocean is the (less, superlative) familiar ocean to scientists.
What is least?
The baleen whales do not have teeth; they have many thin plates that strain food.
What is not?
A U.S. Park Ranger once got struck by lightening ___ times.
What is 7?