This document discusses different types of adverbs including adverbs of time, place, degree, manner, and frequency. It provides examples of how adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. The document also distinguishes between adjectives and adverbs, noting that adjectives modify nouns while adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

1. USE ADVERBS IN
NARRATION
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2. WHAT ARE ADVERBS?
•Adverbs are single-word
modifiers.
•They describe verbs,
adjectives, and other
adverbs.

3. • 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.

4. • Some adverbs describe adjectives.
Pretty is an adjective. You could say:
quite pretty
really pretty
not pretty
definitely pretty
Quite, really, not, definitely – these are all
adverbs because they describe the adjective
pretty.

5. • Some adverbs also describe other adverbs.
Cowardly is an adverb. You could say:
very cowardly
never cowardly
always cowardly
thoroughly cowardly
Very, never, always, thoroughly – these are
adverbs because they describe other adverbs.

6. Types of Adverbs

7. Adverb of Time
•Adverbs of time tell “when?”
an action occurs. They are
usually placed before the main
verb or at the end of the
sentence.

8. Example:
I never saw the movie.
(When did I see it? Never. That means
“never” is an adverb of time.)
Example:
We wrote a story yesterday.
(When did we write it? Yesterday. That
means “yesterday” is an adverb of time.)

9. Adverbs of time examples:
Soon now tomorrow
Today everydayweekly
Annually quarterlyyesterday
Last month last week tonight
Day after tomorrow, etc.

10. Adverbs of Place
•Adverbs of place tell “where?”
an action occurred. These
adverbs are normally placed
after a sentence’s object or
main verb.

11. Example:
Did you put your book there on the table?
Where did you put your book? There. That means that there is
an adverb. “On the table” is a prepositional phrase. It is not
an adverb. Remember that an adverb is a single-word
modifier.
Example:
John looked around but he couldn’t see the monkey.
“There is placed after the object of the sentence, book; while
“around” is placed after the main verb looked.

12. Adverbs of Place List:
about below indoors
above down inside
abroad downstairs near
anywhere elsewhere nearby
away somewhere towards
over under far
here behind upstairs
Etc.

13. Adverbs of Degree
•Adverbs of degree tell “how much?”
or “to what degree?” something
occurs.
•Adverbs of degree are often the
ones that describe adjectives or
other adverbs.
•These adverbs are normally positioned
before the word they modify.

14. Example:
I am very tired.
(To what degree am I tired? Very. “Very” is an
adverb of degree.)
Example:
We were too sleepy to continue the activity.
(How much were we sleepy? Too. That means
that “too” is
an adverb of degree.)

15. Adverbs of Degree examples:
•Lots
•Too
•Little
•Well
•Enough
•Pretty
•Fully
•Etc.

16. Adverbs of Manner
Adverbs of manner tell us “how” the
action is done. They are usually
placed after the main verb or after
the object. Many adverbs of manner
end in the letters “ly.”

17. Example:
We walked slowly down the
(How did we walk? Slowly.
That means “slowly” is an
adverb of manner.)
He plays the flute beautifully.

18. Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of frequency describes
“how often” the action happens.

20. Adverbs of Affirmation and Negation
•The three adverbs of affirmation are:
yes, indeed, undoubtedly
•The three adverbs of negation are:
no, not, never
•Anytime these words appear in
sentences, they are adverbs.

21. TROUBLESOME ADJECTIVES AND
ADVERBS
• An ADVERB modifies verbs, adjectives and
other adverbs.
• An ADJECTIVE modifies nouns.
 fast
hard
outside
just
low
Etc.

22. 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.)

23. Arrange the words to make sentences.
Capitalize the beginning letter, and put the
appropriate punctuation mark at the end of
the sentence.
1. haven’t / recently / seen / I / him
2. /now / are / where / you
3. speaks/John/well/English
4. were / everywhere/we / for / looking /
5. never/his/forget/face/I

24. Evaluation:
Write a narration of your most unforgettable experience in life.
Make it interesting. Observe the correct capitalization and use of
appropriate punctuation marks.