Adverbs
A word that modifies anything except a noun or pronoun.
They modify verbs, adjectives or another adverb!

They answer the questions:  how, where, when, and to what extent.
*Hint:  may end in "ly"
Examples:
Manner:  Jane performed well.
Time:  She must go now.
Frequency:  We often go for walks.
Place:  There she sat, alone with her book.
Direction:  The boy drove away.
Degree:  I could barely hear the radio.

Can you identify the adverbs?
1. Cinderella wisked her broom quickly across the floor.
2. She sighed heavily and stepped outside.
3. Cinderella wished desperately for an invitation to the ball.
4. Her mean stepsisters were already dressing for the event.
5. At the ball, Cinderella danced gracefully with the prince.
6. She left the ball late and arrived home without one of her glass slippers.
7. The prince searched eagerly for the owner of the slipper.
8. Cinderella and the prince lived happily for the rest of their days.
9. The newlyweds traveled everywhere throughout the kingdom.
10. The happy couple seldom invited the mean stepsisters for a visit.

Making Comparisons
Adjectives and adverbs can be used to compare people or things.
Comparative Form                                         Superlative Form
One other person/thing                                 more than one person or thing
Ex:  Mike is tall.
Ex:  John is taller than Mike.
Ex:  Robert is the tallest in the class.

Negative Words
A negative word implies that something does not exist or happen.
When two words are used where only one is needed, the result is a double negative.
Avoid using double negatives in your speaking and writing.
Ex:  Dogs aren't nothing like raccoons. (Double negative)
Ex:  Dogs are nothing like raccoons.  (Correct)

Negative Words
can't               nobody
don't              not
hasn't             nothing
neither            nowhere
barely            scarcely
hardly
never
none

ADVERB Practice

http://www.ezschool.com/Games/Adverbs.html