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Adverbs 7
Adverbs 7
Grade Seven
What are Adverbs?
• Adverbs are single-word modifiers.
This means that they describe something.
• They describe verbs most of the time.
• Sometimes they describe adjectives and
other adverbs.
What are Adverbs?
• Most adverbs describe an action verb.
Run is a verb. You could:
run fast
run slow
run backward
run sideways
Fast, slow, backward, sideways – these are all
adverbs because they describe the action run.
What are Adverbs?
• Some adverbs describe adjectives.
Pretty is an adjective.
You could say:
quite pretty
really pretty
not pretty
definitely pretty
Cowardly is an adverb.
You could say:
very cowardly
never cowardly
always cowardly
thoroughly cowardly
Example:
The fast car is racing.
(Fast describes car. Car is a noun. The kind of word
that describes a noun is an adjective; therefore, in this
sentence, fast is an adjective.)
Example: The car races fast.
(Fast describes how it races. Races is a verb. The kind
of word that describes a verb is an adverb; therefore, in
this sentence, fast is an adverb.)
• This completes the review of adverbs.
• Additional review can be done in the
review folders housed in 106 and the
library.