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Adverbs
Includes questions related to the comprehension, usage and identification of the parts of speech that modify a verb, adverb or adjective such as quickly or very.
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Yes, but it can also be a conjunction when forming an adverbial phrase.
What is the adverb for graceful?
Gracefully, as in: "Ash stepped gracefully upon the chair, while Lily missed the seat altogether, and stepped into a pit of blackness."
I'm sorry if that sentence makes no sense - here's a better one: "The ballerina spun gracefully upon one leg, the other extended straight behind her."
Adverbs are used to describe verbs. They can add a specific mood or character to a verb and can drastically change its meaning and significance or simply lend the verb a bit of context, such as the adverb again. E.g 'She rang the door bell again.' This shows that the door bell has not been rung for the first time.
Many adverbs end with -ily, e.g happily or angrily.
Take the verb dream. On its own it can be quite a vague word; the sentence, 'He lay down and dreamt' does not say much about the nature of the dreaming, or how the person feels. If we apply the adverb peacefully into the sentence - 'He lay down and dreamt peacefully.' , we now know more about how the subject the subject (the person involved in the sentence) feels as he dreams. We can see at least that his dreaming is not troubled, disturbed or anxious.
Here are some other examples of where adverbs can be used to make a verb more interesting, you may notice that adverbs can be used in different parts of a sentence:
'He cunningly removed the cradle for her.'
'Thoughtfully, he removed the cradle for her.'
Here different adverbs have been applied to same verb (remove) and have
changed the intended meaning of that verb and of what the subject is doing.
Here are two more examples:
' I swam beautifully.'
' She swam terribly.'
An adverb can also describe another adverb, often to show the extent of the adverb, e.g
' He ran very quietly', 'She scowled extremely fiercely' or 'I hardly wrote carefully.'
No. Increasing is a verb form, and a noun form (gerund). The adverb is "increasingly."
What is the adverb form of climb?
There is none. The participles of to climb (climbing and climbed) can both be used as adjectives, but neither forms an adverb to mean in a climbing manner.
Adverbs of place (location,direction) will answer the question Where?
Examples: I walked downstairs.
Other common adverbs of place are anywhere, away, backward, down, east, elsewhere, far, here, indoors, inside, near, nearby, north, outside, south, there, upstairs, and west. More rarely, prepositions can act alone as adverbs of place: in, on, off, under, above, below, behind, and out.
Yes. It indicates that an action is repeated. "He kicked the ball again."
The conjunctive method is archaeology is a method of studying the past. The method was developed by Walter Taylor in the 1940's. It is a combination of traditional and modern archaeology.
How do you use deftly in a sentence?
The word 'deftly' is the adverb form of the adjective 'deft'.
The adverb 'deftly' modifies a verb as with skill, quickly and accurately.
Example sentence: "The clown deftly juggled a chainsaw, pineapple, and teddy bear in his street act."
No, it is not an adverb. Stronger is the comparative form of the adjective strong. The related adverb form would be "more strongly."
No, 'swim' is not an adverb. It is a verb because it is something you do, whereas an adverb is used to describe an action.
An adverb form is "swimmingly" but it does not directly relate to swim or swimming. It means in a smooth or easy manner.
When an adverb modifies a verb with a helping verb the adverb should be placed where?
before the helping verb
The adverb form of the adjective "able" is ably, often synonymous with capably.
No, it is not an adverb. Middle is an adjective (in the center), or a noun (the center).
No. Day is a noun, meaning daytime or a period of time. The adverb is daily.
What questions are answered by adverbs?
The 4 general questions are
When? (or how frequently)
Where?
How? (in what manner?)
To what extent?
This creates the 4 general types of adverbs : time, place, manner, and degree.
What are adverbs that modify adverbs?
An adverb can describe, or modify, another adverb. These are almost always adverbs of degree.
For example:
Jackie ran very quickly.
(Very modifies quickly.)
It was almost completely destroyed.
(Almost modifies completely which modifies destroyed)
These can sometimes "stack up" as in these examples:
He spoke entirely too loudly in the elevator.
The team did not play quite so badly in their final game.
(entirely and too, quite and so)
Positive, Comparative and Superlative. Example - good, better and best. From Writers INC.
adverbs can describe verbs adjectives, and other adverbs. A dictionary would suggest that you use "cruelly" instead of "cruel" as an adverb:
"he sneered cruelly"
I can't think of a situation where "cruel" would be the adverb. A good test for adverbs is that:
1) They often have a (-y) suffix
2) They still make grammatical sense almost anywhere in the sentence:
"cruelly, he sneered" ; "he cruelly sneered"; "he sneered cruelly" .
It can be classified as either an adverb or adjective depending on what it modifies, but it is much more commonly an adjective.
In "a kingly presence" it is an adjective, modifying a noun.
In "presided kingly" it is at least nominally modifying a verb.
How is the word 'with' an adverb?
It is never an adverb. It is always a preposition.
The word "within" can be an adverb or a preposition, and the word "forthwith" (immediately) is an adverb.
Adverbs modify verbs adjectives and other adverbs?
Adverbs modify three things: verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs! Answer mine please? http://wiki.answers.com/Q/In_the_sentence_It_burned_last_night_is_night_an_adverb_that_modifies_when_It_burned_and_is_last_another_adverb_modifying_which_night&waAn=2
