AdverbAdverb

An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

How do you find the adverbs in a How do you find the adverbs in a sentence?sentence?

Look for the predicate part. Find the verb. Look for a word that modifies the verb. That is the adverb.

Look for nouns. Then check for adjectives. Any word that modifies an adjective is an adverb.

Look for adverbs. Then check for words (like very or extremely) that modify the adverbs. They are adverbs, too.

The snake slowly slithered across the The snake slowly slithered across the

room.room.

slowly

He was working on his project He was working on his project carefully. carefully. carefully

She draws very well . She draws very well .

verywell

The boy skipped very slowly The boy skipped very slowly around the room. around the room. very slowly

He was playing the piano He was playing the piano quite loudly.quite loudly.loudlyquite

Sara taught that lesson Sara taught that lesson extremely well. extremely well. well extremely

It was a rather scary story. It was a rather scary story.

rather

It was terribly hot in the It was terribly hot in the kitchen. kitchen. terribly

The car raced at a very high The car raced at a very high speed. speed. very

We were busy doing We were busy doing homework.homework.busy