1. Adverbs

2. What Is an Adverb? An adverb is a word that describes a verb. Adverbs give us information about action verbs and being verbs Adverbs answers the questions: when, where, and how Three types of adverbs: ▫Time (when) ▫Place (where) ▫Manner (how)

3. Adverbs of Time An adverb of time answers the question when or how often ▫Examples:  In January, the sun sets early.  Question: When does the sun set?  Answer: early (adverb)  I always eat pizza on Fridays.  Question: How often do I eat pizza?  Answer: always (adverb)

4. Common Adverbs of Time AgainSometimes AlwaysSoon EarlyThen ImmediatelyToday NowTomorrow OftenYesterday

5. Adverbs of Place Adverbs of place answer the question where Read this Poem and Answer the questions: The colorful carnival came to town; Lights went up as the sun went down. Fast rides here and slow rides there, Fun and excitement everywhere!  Where did the lights go?  Where did the sun go?  Where were the rides?  Where was the fun and excitement?

6. Adverbs of Place AboveDownHereOutside AwayEverywhereInThere BackFarInsideUp BelowForwardNearwithin

7. Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of manner answer the question how Most adverbs of manner end with the suffix –ly ▫Examples:  The crowd applauded loudly.  Question :How did the crowd applaud?  Answer: loudly (adverb)

8. Common Adverbs of Manner CarefullyHappily ClearlyKindly EasilyQuickly FastSlowly GracefullyStubbornly

9. Comparisons of Adverbs Like adjectives, you can use Adverbs to compare Adverbs compare actions Also like adjectives, adverbs follow the same rules when comparing

10. Comparisons of Adverbs Rules for Comparing Adverbs: ▫Add –er to short adverbs to compare two actions. ▫Add –est to short adverbs to compare three or more actions ▫Examples:  Sean arrived early.  Sean arrived earlier than Molly.  Sean arrived the earliest of all the students.

11. Using More and Most For most adverbs that end in –ly:  Use more to compare 2 actions  Use most to compare 3 or more actions. Examples:  Pat swam gracefully.  Pat swam more gracefully than Joe.  Pat swam the most gracefully of all.

12. Good and Well The word good is an adjective. Good describes persons or things. Good answers the question what kind. ▫Example: I read a good book. The word well is an adverb. Well describes the actions of verbs. Well answers the question how. ▫Example: This author writes well.

13. No, Not, Never Sometimes when you write sentences, you use the word no or words that mean no. A word that makes a sentence mean “no” is called a negative. ▫Examples: I didn’t water the flowers. ▫ No one picked up the trash.

14. No, Not, Never The words no, no one, none, nothing, nowhere and never are negatives. The word not and contractions made with not are also negatives. NEVER use two negatives in a sentence together! ▫Or else…

15. No, Not, Never IncorrectCorrect There weren’t no trees.There weren’t any trees. There were no trees. I won’t never rake leaves! I won’t ever rake leaves! I will never rake leaves.

16. What is a Preposition? PrepositionsCommon Prepositions A preposition is a word that shows a connection between other words in a sentence Examples: The skate is on the table. The skate is under the table. AboveAroundBeside ForNearOutside UnderOverWith InOffThrough

17. A Prepositional Phrase A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun Examples: Scott skated across the frozen pond. His friends cheered for him.