Adverbs in Narration

• ADVERB OF MANNER

  • answer how an action occurred
  • usually has -ly at the end of the word
  • examples: badly, happily, sadly, slowly
• ADVERBS


  a part of speech that answers the questions how, when, where, why, in what way, how often, how much, in what condition, to what degree
• KINDS OF ADVERBS

  • Adverbs of time
  • Adverbs of place
  • Adverbs of manner
  • Adverbs of frequency
  • Adverbs of degree
• ADVERB OF TIME

  • answer when an action occurred
  • examples: early, never, tomorrow, afterwards, already, always, now, soon, then
• ADVERB OF PLACE

  • answer where an action occurred
  • examples: upstairs, outside, above, below, here, over there
• ADVERB OF FREQUENCY

  • answer how often an action occurred
  • examples: frequently, generally, hardly ever, nearly, nearly always, never, always, seldom
• ADVERB OF DEGREE

  • answer the question how much or to what extent
  • examples: very, almost, little, much, nearly, quite, really
• Identify the adverb and its type

  1. It might rain tomorrow. (tomorrow, Time)
  2. Janina is always late. (always, Frequency)
  3. Mika gladly tells Jamie about her day. (gladly, Manner)
  4. Vena places the books on the shelves. (on the shelves, Place)
  5. The lion growled fiercely. (fiercely, Manner)
  6. Kate is quite annoyed with William. (quite, Degree)
  7. Carina drives south for her new gig. (south, Place)
  8. Benedict seldom cleans the aquarium. (seldom, Frequency)
  9. Hayley flies next week. (next week, Time)
  10. The kids really appreciated your storytelling. (really, Degree)