English NOTES #9

Name:_____________________
Date:______________________
Section: 6-__________________
—Adverbs 3

An adverb is a word that describes a _______________________

________________________ or
________________________
1. (Verb) Mr. Armstrong strolls lazily down the hallway.
2. (Adjective) Mr. Armstrong is an extremely talented Math teacher.
3. (Adverb) I agree. He teaches really well.

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Adver bs
descr ibi ng
Adj ect ives
Directions: In the following sentences, underline the adjective and circle the
adverb that describes it.
1. Mr. Grodd is really hungry right now.
2. He wants to take a bite out of an extremely juicy steak.
3. Remarkably loud noises are coming from his stomach.
4. He can't take it anymore. He is terribly hungry.
5. Ms. Nicoll is not very hungry.
6. She is really focused on grading the exams.
7. I am super excited to go to the mall tomorrow with all my friends.
8. I'm not. The mall is mad lame.
9. Will you stop making that face. You look really creepy.
10. Slow down please. You're driving too fast.
The two adverbs that are most frequently used to describe adjectives are:
1. ______________________ and 2. _______________________
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Adverbs describing
other Adverbs

Directions: In the following sentences, underline the adverb being described and
circle the adverb that describes it.

1. The artists' paintings hung very crookedly at the museum.

2. The music played incredibly softly in the background.

3. Look how remarkably fast she runs.

4. He turned his steering wheel too hard and almost got in a car accident.

5. The RPC student walked really slowly to the front office.

6. The girl walked into the classroom and very carefully placed her writing on her
desk.

7. I will see you extremely soon.

8. Continue doing your homework. You're doing very well.

The two adverbs that are most frequently used to describe other adverbs are:
1. ______________________ and 2. _______________________

Please note: We should try to avoid using ___________________ to describe

__________________________ because it sounds ___________________________.
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BAG

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
Directions: Circle the adverb in the sentence. Underline the word that the adverb is
describing. Then write whether that word is a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

Please note: If there are two adverbs in the sentence, circle the one that comes first.

Example: She sang extremely loudly in the school play. ________________________

1. She is extremely proud of her accomplishments as a runner. ________________________

2. Mr. Armstrong proudly displays his students work on the walls. ______________________

3. Ramon plays the drums extremely well. ____________________________

4. Jonathan came late to school yesterday. ____________________________

5. We will be performing our skit in front of the class soon. ________________________

6. We will be performing our skit in front of the class very soon. ______________________

7. I wish I could go to sleep right now. I am really tired. ___________________________

8. Shalita is mad excited for the field trip to Six Flags. _____________________________
 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
Directions: Circle the adverb in the sentence. Underline the word that the adverb is
describing. Then write whether that word is a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

Please note: If there are two adverbs in the sentence, circle the one that comes first.

1. I went to the market, and I bought some incredibly shiny bananas.

____________________

2. I love that otter. It looks so cute. _________________________________

3. Mr. Woodward always talks about cool stuff in history class. ________________________

4. The road by the school curves right at the end. __________________________________

5. Slow down. You’re driving too fast. ______________________________

6. Don’t worry. We will get another book soon. ____________________________

7. Listen to what he has to say. He is mad cool. ____________________________

8. She is doing very well in her classes. __________________________________

9. I know you’re trying really hard, but you still need more work.
_______________________

10. Mr. Armstrong sometimes gives pop quizzes. _________________________________

 2 Essential Questions:
1. Why do we use adjectives in our writing? ___________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

2. Why do we use adjectives in our writing? ____________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

When using adjectives and adverbs in our writing, we should always attempt to make them
as _______________ as possible.

Now we all know that many adverbs end in the letters ____

However, there are lots of other adverbs that we use all the
time and we just don't realize it.
We need to remember that adverbs tell:
They tell ____________ the verb is doing what it's doing.
They tell ____________ the verb is doing what it's doing.
They tell _____________ the verb does what it does.

ADVERBS ARE
AWESOME! I'm going
to ferociously
Some adverbs that tell when a verb dunk
is doing what this
it's doing:
ball in Shaq's face!
before after never always sometimes
early late soon now often

Examples:

Syi has called my house before. Shakora always goes to the same store.
I play golf sometimes. Stop that right now!
 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:

Directions: In the following sentences, underline the complete verb and circle the
adverb that describes it.

1. We will be leaving soon.

2. Please tell us the answer to the question now.

3. Jordyn often forgets to bring in his gym clothes.

4. Last night, Roderick arrived late to the dinner table.

5. Let's discuss your grade in my class soon.

6. Kevyna always washes the dishes after dinner.

7. I hate the fact that I have to get up so early every morning.

8. I went on the rollercoaster after Kimetra.

Some adverbs that tell where a verb is doing what it's doing:

above below up down high low

right left here there nearby far
away around in out

Examples:

Brianna, please come in. Jibrail lives below Mr. Woodward.

They looked up at the ceiling. The stars shine above our heads.
 Good luck on your
independent practice!
Hey Paul, look up here!

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:

Directions: In the following sentences, underline the complete verb and circle the
adverb that describes it.

1. We will be leaving soon.

2. Please tell us the answer to the question now.

3. Jordyn often forgets to bring in his gym clothes.

4. Last night, Roderick arrived late to the dinner table.

5. Let's discuss your grade in my class soon.

6. Kevyna always washes the dishes after dinner.

7. I hate the fact that I have to get up so early every morning.

8. I went on the rollercoaster after Kimetra.

Some adverbs that tell how a verb is doing what it's doing:

softly loudly correctly badly well hard

smoothly slowly fast easily proudly nicely
carefully happily sadly

Examples:

Mr. Austin happily graded the quizzes. Mr. Grodd easily defeated Mr. Wells in chess.
Shayla played the violin well. The stars shine proudly our heads.
 I'm going to
easily swish this
shot!

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:

Directions: In the following sentences, underline the complete verb and circle the
adverb that describes it.

1. The artists proudly displayed his paintings in the gallery.

2. The music played softly in the background.

3. Look how fast she runs.

4. He turned his steering wheel hard to miss the dog.

5. The man wrote his name correctly on the form and went into the auditorium.

6. The girl walked into the classroom and carefully placed her writing on her desk.

7. Jennifer correctly guessed the answer to the problem we did yesterday.

8. Continue doing your homework. You're doing very well.

ADJECTIVES VS.
ADVERBS
A Brief Introduction
Directions: Circle the correct word for each sentence then write whether it is
an adjective or an adverb on the line.

1. Sarah ( quick, quickly) adjusted the price of the sweaters at the cash register.
___________________

2. From a distance, the stars appear to hang ( strange, strangely )

in the air.
______________________________

3. The acrobats performed ( unusual, unusually ) feats of balance.

______________________________

4. The mystery of the construction of the Egyptian pyramids has been

(unusual, unusually ) hard to solve. _______________________

5. John performed (magnificent, magnificently) in his piano recital.

______________________________

6. Please stop writing so (slow, slowly) on your exam. We need to

finish other classwork. ______________________________

7. Jose knows the history material very (good, well).________________

8. The mechanics tools were (good, well).______________________

9. The architect took (precise, precisely) measurements for the new home she
was designing. ____________________

10. The Pharaoh’s tomb was (awful, awfully) still during the
night.______________

Directions: Circle the correct word for each sentence. Write whether the
circled word is an adjective or an adverb on the blank line.

1. My aunt (quick, quickly) prepared the lunches for our summer

trip.___________________

2. Mark (slow, slowly) walked down the path, anticipating the abyss
ahead.__________________
3. Climbing up the tall oak tree, the foresters performed (unusual, unusually) feats
of balance._____________________

4. Cynthia plays the banjo (good, well)._____________________

5. The scientist’s laboratory equipment was (good, well).________________

6. “This is an (awful, awfully) delicious piece of cake!” proclaimed

Jason._________________

7. Jane Goodall is known for taking (careful, carefully) notes in her observations of
chimpanzees._________________

8. The RPC soccer team will (sure, surely) win their next
game.____________________

9. Carlos performed (bad, badly) on his athletic performance

test.___________________

10. Paul Robeson, a famous African-American actor and speaker, was known for
giving (magnificent, magnificently) concerts to large
audiences.________________________