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adverbs
i'm having a quiz on adverbs tomorrow
and i suck at them! i can't tell the
difference between an adverb and other
parts of speech. i can do the ones that
end in "ly" but if it doesn't end in
"ly' than i'm screwed.
how can i tell if it's an adverb? does it answer the question when or who?
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what I always think is that an adverb adds on to the verb or adjective. it describes it somehow in further detail than the verb can do alone.
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Alright well don't worry! You'll be fine because I have the advice you need =)
Ok so...
An adverb is basically an adjective that describes the way someone is doing something. Like this:
"Clara walked her dog as fast as she could." The word that describes how she was walking her dog was 'fast', so that would be the adverb. Here's another
"Rick reluctantly took his information forms." The adbverb would be reluctantly because it describes the way he was taking his information forms. Try this one:
"Nancy answered all the questions on her test that she knew so she could get to her next class on time." In that sentence there wouldn't be an adverb because it doesn't mention how she did it. Notice that, on your test there MIGHT be some numbers that don't have adverbs in them so watch out for it. Here are a list of some adverbs to watch out for on your test:
Fast
Quickly
Slowly
Fairly
Reluctantly
Terribly
Poorly
Badly
Greatfully
Hesitantly
But also keep in mind that most of them MIGHT be the 'LY's so you really can't be that bad off. And even if you do bomb the test like... for example get a 30? It would only count for 3/10's of a point. And you can always bring it up, depending on how your teacher grades, and if you can retake it, retake it! Maybe go in for some extra help if my advice didn't ring any bells.
Hope I helped
And don't give yourself ulcers over it =)
&Hearts; Lauren
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it generally answers the question how? or in what way? ... for example: sally carefully baked the cookies. of course, the adverb is carefully because that's how she baked the cookies- in a careful way. as for the ones that don't end in -ly, i can't think of any right now, but just go through the different parts of the sentence and rule out the parts that absolutely cannot be adverbs. subjects? verbs? direct objects? not adverbs. here's another example: sally did a good job of baking the cookies; she baked the cookies well. "well" is the adverb because that is how she baked the cookies. it helps me to take a pen and cross out the words that can't be adverbs if i can't figure it out. but you have to think of the sentence literally and think, "okay, i know that jeff ran, but how did he run? what word describes how he ran?" and it helps me. good luck :)
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Here is what I got from wiki and its what I used in school. Just ask yourself these questions about a sentence and you have your adverb weather it ends in ly or not. :)
An adverb is a word used to tell more about a verb, and it almost always answers the questions how?, when?, where?, how often?, and in what way?. Words like slowly, loudly, carefully, quickly, or sadly are all adverbs. Adverbs usually, but not always, end in -ly.
Examples of adverbs in a sentence (with the adverb in italics):
* How did the man walk? The man walked slowly.
* How did the dogs bark? The dogs barked loudly.
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