Up, up, Icarus went, soaring into the bright sun.
Olivia Coolidge, Daedalus
What is up, up
100
He spoke on, firmly and clearly, with such joyful enthusiasm that Eilonwy had no heart to stop him.
Lloyd Alexander, The High King
What is firmly and clearly?
200
The student answered the question quickly.
What is adverb:quickly; modifies:answered
200
The pig snorted noisily as it ate its slop.
What is adverb:noisily; modifies: snorted
200
Soon, he reached the thicket of pepper trees.
Carl Hiassen, Hoot
What is soon
200
I must have left my MP3 player somewhere.
What is somewhere?
200
Jem opened the gate, slowly as possible, lifting it aside and resting it on the fence.
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
What is slowly?
300
That movie was really funny.
What is adverb:really; modifies:funny
300
The dentist grinned fiendishly at his patient.
What is adverb:fiendishly; modifies: grinned
300
Overnight, Jem had acquired an alien set of values and was trying to impose
them on me.
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
What is overnight
300
Please put your gun down and no one will get hurt.
What is down?
300
Suddenly, coming out of Turn 5 on the fifth lap, the race again became a contest instead of a Sunday drive.
Gene Olson, The Roaring Road
What is suddenly
400
Slowly, he walked to class.
What is adverb:slowly; modifies:walked
400
She accepted the award graciously.
What is adverb:graciously; modifies:accepted
400
Later, when it was time for the smaller children in the cabin to go to bed, Sounder’s master got up, put on his overall jacket, and went outside.
William Armstrong, Sounder
What is later?
400
As soon as we got to the pool, I jumped right in.
What is in?
400
Instantly, obediently, Jonas had dropped his bike on its side on the path behind his family’s dwelling.
Lois Lowry, The Giver
What is instantly & obediently
500
We're going to the football game soon.
What is adverb:soon; modifies:going
500
I accidentally dropped my keys down the drain.
What is adverb:accidentally; modifies:dropped
500
Their path wound, in and out, through the scrub, around palmetto clumps, over trunks of fallen trees, under dwarf pines and oaks.
Lois Lenski, Strawberry Girl
What is in & out?
500
Further south, they saw the graceful necks of the apatosaurs, standing at the water’s edge, their bodies mirrored in the moving surface.
Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park
What is further south
500
For a long time, Muley looked at him, timidly.
John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath