Adverbs
What is an adverb?
A word that modifies and describes verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
What is a preposition?
a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence.
What is a conjunction?
A word that joins words, things, phrases and clauses.
What is an interjection?
Word that express excitement and emotion.
The shoes are inside the closet where you placed them.
The word inside is what part of speech?
Preposition
Identify all adverb(s) in the sentence and indicate which word and what type of word it modifies.
The cat swiftly caught the mouse under his paws.
Adverb: Swiftly
It modifies: Caught - Verb
Choose the preposition that fits the sentence the best from the following words:
[from, until, about, during, beyond, toward, out of]
Sentence: This present is _________ aunt Mary.
This present is from aunt Mary.
Identify the conjunction and state what type of conjunction it is.
[coordinating/ subordinating/ correlative]
She likes chocolate pudding, lemon meringue pie, and black forest cake.
She likes chocolate pudding, lemon meringue pie, and black forest cake. (coordinating)
Identify the interjection and state what feeling, emotion or command it expresses.
Yippee! It’s finally summer vacation!
Interjection: Yippee
Emotion: happiness
Fill in the blanks using correlative conjunctions.
[neither - nor |whether - or |either - or |both - and |as - as| not - but| not only - but also ]
We cannot decide ______________we should go to France ______________ Italy.
We cannot decide _whether_ we should go to France _or_ Italy.
Identify all adverb(s) in the sentence and indicate which word and what type of word it modifies.
It is snowing outside, so we need to dress warmly.
Adverb: Warmly
It modifies: to dress - verb
Choose the preposition that fits the sentence the best from the following words:
[by, from, to, with, in, of, for, out, on, off]
Sentence: Did you want to stop _____ Tennessee when we drive ____ Florida?
Did you want to stop _by_ Tennessee when we drive _to_ Florida?
Identify the conjunction and state what type of conjunction it is.
[coordinating/ subordinating/ correlative]
Do you want to sit in the chair or on the sofa?
Do you want to sit in the chair or on the sofa? (Coordinating - Choice)
Add an appropriate interjection to the sentence.
__________! That magic trick is amazing!
Wow! or Unbelievable! That magic trick is amazing!
List the conjunctions that are represented with the mnemonic F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Identify all adverb(s) in the sentence and indicate which word and what type of word it modifies.
Pet the kitten softly if you want it to purr.
Adverb: softly
It modifies: Pet - verb
Choose the preposition that fits the sentence the best from the following words:
[by, from, to, with, in, of, for, out, on, off]
My mom was mad because I left all ____ my clothes _____ the floor.
My mom was mad because I left all _of_ my clothes _on_ the floor.
Use the following conjunctions to complete the sentence then state what type of conjunction it is.
[although, because, before, if, once, since, unless, whenever, while]
___________ you start working on your homework, I will come and help you.
__Once__you start working on your homework , I will come and help you. (subordinating).
Identify the interjection and state what feeling, emotion or command it expresses.
Uh, I thought this was the right house, but now I’m not so sure.
Interjection: Uh
Emotion: doubt
How many of these 10 words are interjections? Which ones are they?
Yikes! Yip! Apple. Yay! Tomato. Asparagus? Oops! Uh oh! Gorilla? Boo!
6 of them are interjections. Those 6 are Yikes! Yip! Oops! Yay! Uh oh! and Boo!
Identify all adverb(s) in the sentence and indicate which word and what type of word it modifies.
I was acting foolishly when I rode my bike without wearing a helmet.
Adverb(s): Foolishly / Without
It modifies: Acting (verb)/ rode (verb)
Choose the preposition that fits the sentence the best from the following words:
[by, from, to, with, in, of, for, out, on, off]
Sentence: Bruce went ______France ______ his vacation ______his friends.
Bruce went _to_ France _for_ his vacation _with_ his friends.
Fill in the blanks using correlative conjunctions.
[neither - nor |whether - or |either - or |both - and |as - as| not - but| not only - but also ]
The teacher ________ left the classroom, _________ slammed the door.
The teacher _not only_ left the classroom, _but also_ slammed the door.
In the sentence "Oh dear does it hurt", what punctuation do you use and where do you put it?
It is a comma and it goes behind the word dear.
"Oh dear, does it hurt"
Identify the adverb that describes the adverb in italics.
The dog is not fully grown.
Not
The adverb in the sentence is not. It tells about the adverb fully. It tells how fully.
How grown is the dog? It is not fully grown.