Adverbs – Meaning & Use
What does an adverb usually describe?
A verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Name three main types of adverbs.
Adverbs of manner, time, and place.
What do numerals show? Quantity or order.
Quantity or order.
What are the two main types of numerals?
Cardinal and ordinal.
Fill in the adverb: “She dances ____.”
beautifully, gracefully, fast, etc.
Which question does an adverb of manner answer?
“How?” (e.g., She runs quickly.)
What type of adverb is “yesterday”?
Adverb of time.
What part of speech is five?
Numeral
What type of numeral is “third”?
Ordinal numeral.
Choose the correct form: “He ran (quick / quickly).”
quickly
What is the adverb in this sentence: “He sings beautifully”?
Beautifully
What type of adverb is “outside”?
Adverb of place.
True or False: Numerals can be both simple and compound.
True
What type of numeral is “ten”?
Cardinal numeral.
Turn this sentence into one with an ordinal numeral: “She finished in place three.”
“She finished in third place.”
Can an adverb modify an adjective? Give an example.
Yes, e.g., very cold
“He almost finished.” — What kind of adverb is almost?
Adverb of degree.
Give an example of a simple and a compound numeral.
Simple: four; Compound: twenty-one.
Which numeral tells us “how many”?
Cardinal.
Make a sentence with both an adverb and a numeral.
e.g., “He came second and ran fast.”
Identify the type of adverb in “She never eats late at night.”
Never – adverb of frequency; late – adverb of time
“She always studies very hard.” — How many adverbs are there, and what types?
Two: always (frequency), very hard (degree + manner).
What’s the difference between one hundred and the hundredth?
One hundred = cardinal (quantity), hundredth = ordinal (order).
Which numeral tells us “in what order”?
Ordinal
What’s funny about this sentence: “He very runs quickly”?
Wrong adverb order — can’t use very before a verb. Should be “He runs very quickly.”