PPT-Adverbs and adverbials Adverbs

An adverb modifies another element of a sentence in fact aside from nouns which are modified by adjectives they can modify almost every other word type verb traditionally decorated adverb She . Comparative Adverbs. A comparative adverb compares 2 actions.. When comparing 2 actions add . –er . to the adverb.. Use . more. instead of adding –er if the adverb ends in –ly. NEVER use . more. Po Yee Lee. Sesi. . Suryono. Sherie. . Jesperson. 6. th. Grader in Hong Kong. Intermediate Proficiency Level . 12 Weeks Grammar Course. . Monday and Wednesday . 10am-11am. Date. Grammar Point. Objectives. Adverb . An adverb answers these questions:. . How? In what manner?. . patiently, boldly, slowly, softly, enthusiastically. . When?. . recently, later, finally, daily, again, formerly. . Where?. Ed McCorduck. English 402--Grammar. SUNY Cortland . http://mccorduck.cortland.edu. slide . 2: definition of optional slots. English 402: Grammar. In all the sentence patterns we’ve seen so far, slots like NP (. FREQUENCY GRAPH. It. ’s. . usually. . snowy. in . January. .. Look and . read. .. He. ‘s . always. . happy. . when. . he. . travels. to . the. . mountains. .. She. ’s. . never. home . Lesson 1: What is an Adverb?. Adverbs. An . adverb . is a word that describes a verb. . Tell how, when, or where the action happens. . Many end in –. ly. . . Common Adverbs. How: fast, hard, together, happily, quietly. What is an Adverb?. A word that modifies:. a verb . The police officer performed admirably. . A word that modifies:. an adjective . The bulb was too dim to light the room.. Mark brought a very good dip to the party.. What is an adverb?. Adverbs can modify (describe) three different parts of speech.. Modify: Verbs, Adjectives, and other Adverbs. Adverbs modifying verbs. Adverbs give us more details about action verbs.. Subject. Verb. Object. Adverbial. Complement (adjective). . / . Complement (noun). Gregor. . ate . bread . . greedily.. Beauty’s father . was eating . the . extremely. fresh bread. .. In . the . CHILDHOOD’S END. CLAUSE .  SENTENCE. CHILDHOOD’S END . . …and all about them!. ADVERBIALS. NEW!. ADVERBIALS – general info. An . ADVERBIAL. is a sentence element which . gives extra information. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Comparative Adverbs A comparative adverb compares 2 actions. When comparing 2 actions add –er to the adverb. Use more instead of adding –er if the adverb ends in –ly ADJECTIVES. An adjective is a word used to modify or . describe. a noun or pronoun.. Adjectives give us more information about the noun or pronoun. Descriptive words!!!. Adjectives answer one of the following questions about the noun/pronoun:. i na taipu adverbs. An adverb is a word/a set of words that modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.. It tells when, where, and how an action is performed or indicates the quality or degree of the action..