Adverbs are used to give Adverbs are used to give us more information and us more information and are used to modify are used to modify verbsverbs, ,

clausesclauses and other and other adverbsadverbs. The difficulty . The difficulty

with identifying adverbs with identifying adverbs is that they can appear is that they can appear in different places in a in different places in a sentence. The simplest sentence. The simplest

way to recognize an way to recognize an adverb is through the adverb is through the

common ending –lycommon ending –ly

Adverbs with verbsHere the adverbs are in bold and the verbs are in italics. Here the adverbs give us more information about the verb.•Infant humans grow rapidly in height and weight.

Verb

Verb

AdverbAdverb

Adverbs with adjectivesHere the adverbs are in bold and the adjectives are in italics. Here the adverbs give us more information about the adjective. The test was extremely difficult.

AdverbAdverb

Adjective

Adjective

Adverbs with adverbsHere both adverbs are in bold. The first adverb gives us more information about the second. The cheetah runs incredibly quickly.Adv

erbAdverb

AdverbAdverb

Do children develop social

skills?

Do children develop social

skills?

Do infant ready to start families?

Do infant ready to start families?

Yes, they do.

Yes, they do.

No, they don’t.

No, they don’t.

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1. How many people are there in your family? 2. Which is the lifespan of each person in your family? 3. How do their physical change?

1. How many people are there in your family? 2. Which is the lifespan of each person in your family? 3. How do their physical change?