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ABOUT A VERB IN A SENTENCE

Adverbs answer the questions:

How WhenWhere How much

Adverbs of mannerHow?

Adverbs of time

When?

Adverbs of place

Where?

Adverbs of degree

How much?

SlowlyFastLoudlyCarefullyBeautifullyWell

AfterBeforeNeverTodayYesterday

AwayInsideEverywhereUpstairs

ExtremelyVeryReallyQuiteterribly

Some prepositions do the work of adverbs

Describes the relationship of other words in a sentence

Eg. The astronaut is in the spaceship If it has an object, it’s a preposition

If it doesn’t have an object then it is an adverb.

Billy ran up the stairs -----up is often a preposition.Does this sentence have an object? Yes! - stairs

Let us look at this sentenceBilly looked up and saw the alien spacecraftThis sentence also has the word up.But up in this example is usedAs an adverb

What is it describing?

looked

These are called prepositional adverbs

Some common prepositional adverbs:About above across pastAfter along around overBefore behind below outBetween beyond down insideRound under

Let us make some sentences

Alongbetween

UnderOut

Over