Post on 27-Dec-2015
Adverbs
Class 6th
Subject English
Adverbs modify three things:VerbsAdjectivesOther Adverbs
An adverb tells you many things:How?When?Where?Why?How Much (to what extent)?
What is an adverb?
Adverbs modify verbs, answering the questions
How?Worked quietly
Where?The soldiers marched forward
When?She visits often
Adverbs modify verbs
Adverbs modify adjectives, answering the questionTo what extent
The light was very bright
The barrel was almost full
ADVERB LIST
Adverbs modify adjectives
Adverbs modify adverbs, answering the questionTo what extent
He walked very slowly
The movie finished too abruptly
ADVERB LIST
Adverbs modify adverbs
Adjectives modify NOUNSUsed as a complement after a
linking verb
Adverbs modify VERBS, ADJECTIVES, and OTHER ADVERBS
Never can be used as a complement
ADVERB LIST
Adverbs VS. adjectives
Positive = No comparison
Comparative = Compares two people or things
Superlative = Compares more than two people or things
Degrees of adverbs
All adverbs that have an “ly” ending form their comparative and superlative forms by adding the adverbs more or most in front of it.
Modifying adverbs
Tell whether or not a fact is true
Negation Adverbs = Nowhere, Scarcely, Not, Never
Affirmation Adverbs = Yes, No
AFFIRMATION and NEGATION
Answers the questions
How? Where did you put my book?
Where? When did you visit grandma?
Why? Why did you fail that last exam?
When? How did you work that problem?
Interrogative adverbs