THE ADVERB Date: _____________ Mr. Paniagua ELD

The adverb An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Examples –The sprinter ran swiftly. –I read the funny pages early on Sunday morning. –Jolene was comforting a very small child. –The fire blazed too wildly for anyone to enter. –Put the apples there, and we will eat them later.

Words often used as adverbs: –Where? away, here, inside, there, up –When? later, now, soon, then, tomorrow –How? clearly, easily, quietly, slowly –How often or how long? always, usually, continuously, never, forever, briefly –To what extent or how much? almost, so, too, more, least, extremely, quite, very, not

Adverb or Adjective? Many adverbs end with –ly, this is done by adding –ly to adjectives. adjective-lyadverb clear quiet convincing slow

Find the adverb and the verb it modifies. 1.Oklahoma is not the Cherokees’ original home. 2.The Cherokees once lived in Georgia, North Carolina. 3.A number of Cherokees still live in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. 4.Settlers often ignored the Cherokees’ right to the land. 5.Feeling threatened by the settlers, the Cherokees readily supported the British during the Revolutionary War. 6.In 1829, people hurried excitedly to northern Georgia for the first gold rush in the United States. 7.Many white settlers of the region were extremely eager to find gold. 8.Later, the Cherokees were forced by the United States government to leave their land. 9.The Cherokee people were hardly given a chance to collect their belongings. 10.Many Cherokees will never forget the Trail of Tears, which led their ancestors to Oklahoma.

Identifying Adverbs Directions: Identify and adverbs and the words they modify in the following sentences. 1.In this story, nameless character goes outdoors on a terribly cold day in the Yukon. 2.Except for a dog, his is traveling completely alone. 3.Soon both the dog’s muzzle and the man’s beard are frosted with ice.

4.Along the way, the man accidentally falls into a stream. 5.Soaked and chilled, he desperately builds a fire under a tree. 6.The flames slowly grow stronger. 7.Unfortunately, he has build his fire in the wrong place. 8.A pile of snow suddenly falls from a tree limb and kills the small fire. 9.Unable to relight the fire, the man again finds himself in serious trouble. 10.Based on what you now know about the story, what kind of ending would you write for “To Build a Fire”?