Circle the adverbs and adverbial phrases in each sentence. Underline the verb that the
adverb or adverb phrase modifies.
1. Julissa learned to ride a bicycle over the summer.
2. The contented cat purred loudly.
3. I hope the cheque will arrive soon.
4. Andrea happily sang her favorite song.
5. The young mother lovingly held her tiny baby.
6. We ate a picnic lunch outside.
7. The boys ran quickly through the yard and jumped the fence easily.
8. The teacher smiled at her students encouragingly.
9. My dad gathered the broken pieces of glass carefully
10. Have you seen my notebook anywhere?
Answers
Answer:
sentence. Underline the verb that the
adverb or adverb phrase modifies.
1. Julissa learned to ride a bicycle over the summer.
2. The contented cat purred loudly.
3. I hope the cheque will arrive soon.
4. Andrea happily sang her favorite song.
5. The young mother lovingly held her tiny baby.
6. We ate a picnic lunch outside.
7. The boys ran quickly through the yard and jumped the fence easily.
8. The teacher smiled at her students encouragingly.
9. My dad gathered the broken pieces of glass carefully
10. Have you seen my not
Concept
Adverbs are words that modify a verb, adjective or another adverb. The underlined words below are adverbs:
- She sings beautifully.
- He eats loudly.
- Sometimes I walk slowly.
- I will come to visit soon.
The verb modified by the adverb often comes before or after the adverb.
An adverb answers the questions how/where/when/why after the verb.
For the first sentence, if we ask sings how?, the answer comes beautifully, so the adverb is beautifully and the verb being modified is sings.
Adverbial phrases are a group of words that modify a group of words. When we add questions like how, where, when and why in front of the main verb, we get the adverbial phrase in the sentence. For example:
- I need pizza with extra cheese.
The verb here is need. Let us ask the question need _____ how? With extra cheese, therefore we have the adverbial phrase.
Answer
1. Julissa learned to ride a bicycle over the summer.
✳ Adverbial phrase - over the summer
✳ Verb modified - learned
2. The contented cat purred loudly.
✳ Adverb - loudly
✳ Verb modified - purred
3. I hope the cheque will arrive soon.
✳ Adverb - soon
✳ Verb modified - arrive
4. Andrea happily sang her favorite song.
✳ Adverb - happily
✳ Verb modified - sang
5. The young mother lovingly held her tiny baby.
✳ Adverb - lovingly
✳ Verb modified - held
6. We ate a picnic lunch outside.
✳ Adverb - outside
✳ Verb modified - ate
7. The boys ran quickly through the yard and jumped the fence easily.
✳ Adverb/Adverbial phrase - Quickly/through the yard
✳ Verb modified - ran
✳ Adverb - easily
✳ Verb modified - jumped
8. The teacher smiled at her students encouragingly.
✳ Adverb - encouragingly
✳ Verb modified - smiled
9. My dad gathered the broken pieces of glass carefully.
✳ Adverb - carefully
✳ Verb modified - gathered
10. Have you seen my notebook anywhere?
✳ Adverbial phrase - anywhere
✳ Verb modified - seen