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Recognizing Adverbs
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Adverb or Adjective
Phrases as Adverbs/Adverb Clauses
Adverb Modifiers
100
An adverb is a word that modifies ...
What are verbs, adjectives, or another adverb?
100
Name the adverb and what it modifies - The Christians walked slowly into the Roman arena.
What is slowly (adverb) and walked (verb modified)?
100
Use adjectives to modify these. Use adverbs to modify these.
What is adjectives (nouns, pronouns) and adverbs (verbs, adjectives or adverbs)?
100
This that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb is functioning as an adverb.
What is a prepositional phrase?
100
An adverb phrase or clause that modifies a verb may be placed _____ or ______ the verb it modifies.
What is before, after?
200
This word or its contraction n't is a frequently used adverb.
What is not?
200
Name the adverb and the adjective it modifies - Goliath was an incredibly large man.
What is incredibly (adverb) and large (adjective)?
200
Use this type of adjective after linking verbs.
What is a predicate adjective?
200
A clause is a group of words that contains both of these things.
What is a subject and verb?
200
An adverb phrase or clause that modifies an adjective or an adverb is usually placed _____ the word it ______.
What is after, modifies?
300
Adverbs modify these most of the time.
What are verbs?
300
Name the adverb that modifies another adverb and name the adverb it is being modified - The robin is almost always the first bird to return in the spring.
What is almost (adverb) and always (adverb being modified)?
300
Using good and well - Always use this one as an adjective and this is an adverb when it modifies a verb.
What is good and well?
300
An independent clause expresses this and can stand alone in a sentence.
What is complete thought?
300
Place adverb modifiers as ______ as ______ to the words they modify.
What is close, possible?
400
Adverbs answer these five questions.
What are where, when, how, how often, and to what extent?
400
Distinguishing Phrases - Name the prepositional phrases and state whether it is used as an adjective or adverb. His future wife moved to Paris to study about physics and chemistry.
What is to Paris (adverb) and about physics and chemistry (adverb) - to Paris to moved and about physics and chemistry to study?
400
Good or well is an adjective when it refers to a person's health.
What is well?
400
T or F: A dependent clause does not express a complete thought but it can stand alone as a sentence.
What is false?
400
Use the comparative degree when comparing how many persons or things.
What is two?
500
T or F: Infinitives may be used as adverbs.
What is true?
500
Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence by using an adverb clause. Abraham loved his son dearly. He chose to obey God.
What is Although Abraham loved his son dearly, he chose to obey God?
500
T or F: Sure, real, and hard are usually used as adverbs.
What is false?
500
Adverb clauses are introduced by subordinating conjunctions. Name three.
What is after, although, as, as if, as much as, as soon as, before, if, in order that, lest, since, so that, than, that, though unless, until, when whenever, where wherever, whether, while?
500
Name the rule for this - They can't hardly win in the final two minutes.
What is avoid the double negative - can't and hardly together?