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Hail Mary full of grace the
lord is with you. Blessed
are you among women and
blessed is the fruit of your
womb Jesus.
Holy Mary mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now
and at the hour of our
death.
AMEN.
Mama Mary, lead us to
Jesus…
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Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be
able to:
a) define ADVERBS;
b) identify and differentiate the classifications of
adverbs;
c) answer the given exercises.
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Definition
• An adverb is a part of speech that
describes or modifies a verb, an adjective,
another adverb, clause, or sentence.
• Adverbs answer the questions "How?",
"When?", "Where?", "Why?", "In what
way?", "How much?", "How often?",
"Under what condition", "To what
degree?"
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Adverbs as Modifiers
An adverb modifies a verb
• He walked quickly. ('quickly' modifies verb
'walked')
• I accepted new task willingly. ('willingly'
modifies verb 'accepted')
• Mike snored melodically. ('melodically' modifies
verb 'snored')
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Adverbs as Modifiers
An adverb modifies an adjective
• They were really unhappy. ('really' modifies
adjective 'unhappy')
• My brother is completely fearless. ('completely'
modifies adjective 'fearless')
• I know she is very careful. ('very' modifies
adjective 'careful')
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Adverbs as Modifiers
An adverb modifies an adverb
• He is almost always hungry. ('almost' modifies
adverb 'hungry')
• John plays tennis very well. ('very' modifies
adverb 'well')
• You never can work too carefully. ('too' modifies
adverb 'carefully')
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Adverbs as Modifiers
An adverb modifies a clause
• Perhaps you are correct, but not at first glance.
('perhaps' modifies clause 'you are correct')
• Surely he will be on time, but I hope not.
('surely' modifies clause 'he will be on time')
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Adverbs as Modifiers
An adverb modifies a sentence
• Suddenly, she went home. ('suddenly' modifies
a whole sentence)
• Finally, he will be on time. ('finally' modifies a
whole sentence)
• Today, we can take a vacation.('today' modifies
a whole sentence)
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Adverbs that end in -ly are formed by adding -ly to
an adjective, a present participle, or a past
participle. • from an adjective
• careful - carefully
• beautiful - beautifully
• fitting - fittingly
• from a present participle
• willing - willingly
• glowing - glowingly
• surprising - surprisingly
• from a past participle
• assured - assuredly
• affected - affectedly
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When adjective ends in -able or -ible, the adverb is
formed by replacing final -e with -y.
• horrible - horribly
• terrible - terribly
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When adjective ends in -y, the adverb is formed by
replacing final -y with -ily.
• happy - happily
• lucky - luckily
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When adjective ends in -ic, the adverb is formed
by replacing final -ic with -ically.
• economic - economically
• ironic - ironically
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Positions of an Adverb
Adverbs can be placed anywhere in a sentence.
• At the front (prior to the subject).
– Today we will study adverbs.
• At the center of the sentence (between the subject
and the verb).
– He seldom goes to movies.
• At the end of the sentence.
– I learn English slowly.
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Adverbs of manner - answer the
question How?
• I watch them closely.
• I play well.
• I walk carefully.
List: cheerfully, fast, quickly, slowly, inadequately,
healthy
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Adverbs of time - answer the
question When?
• He has not played chess recently.
• I arrive late for most appointments.
• Lately, I have had many sleepless nights.
List: early, never, now, often, soon, then, today,
tomorrow
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Adverbs of place (location, direction) -
answer the question Where?
• I walked downstairs.
• Have you ever gone there?
• I will meet you outside.
List: above, away, below, down, here, inside, there,
up
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Adverbs of degree - answer the
question How much?
• He is totally prepared for his birthday.
• I am too tired to play tennis tonight.
• He is completely tired from the journey.
List: almost, entirely, little, much, rather, very, too
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Adverbs of frequency - answer the
question How often?
• He rarely goes by himself.
• She constantly finishes her job first.
List: always, never, usually, frequently, sometimes,
occasionally
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Exercises
1. Give it back, now!
2. The president spoke well today.
3. Erika has never seen snow.
4. Everybody worked hard. It was a hard work.
5. Be extremely good and life will be very boring.
6. Peter sang his song very quietly.
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Exercises
7. They whispered softly.
8. The deer runs very gracefully.
9. The house was impressively tall.
10. Mike walked quickly towards the door.
11. Finally, Mark quietly went home.
12. The cat ran incredibly quickly.
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Answers
• Give it back, now! - Time
• The president spoke well today. -Manner & Time
• Erika has never seen snow. -Time
• Everybody worked hard. -Manner
• Be extremely good and life will be very boring. -Degree
• Peter sang his song very quietly. -Degree & Manner
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Answers
• They whispered softly. -Manner
• The deer runs very gracefully. -Degree & Manner
• The house was impressively tall. -Manner
• Mike walked quickly towards the door. -Manner
• Finally, Mark quietly went home. -Time & Manner
• The cat ran incredibly quickly. -Manner & Manner
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