Lesson 64
Parts of Speech - Adverbs
These sentences have adverbsAdverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They tell how (manner), when (time), where (place), how much (degree), and why (cause).
Source: Lesson 46
that modify adjectivesAdjectives modify or affect the meaning of nouns and pronouns and tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify.
Source: Lesson 31 and tell us how much.
Instructions: List the adverbs and what they modify.
1. Ila is an unusually good cook.
Ila is an unusually good cook.
- unusually modifies good
- unusually modifies good
2. Jeff is very hungry.
Jeff is very hungry.
- very modifies hungry
- very modifies hungry
3. We all want a perfectly just government.
We all want a perfectly just government.
- perfectly modifies just
- perfectly modifies just
4. The Internet is an entirely modern concept.
The Internet is an entirely modern concept.
- entirely modifies modern
- entirely modifies modern
5. These sentences are extremely brief ones.
These sentences are extremely brief ones.
- extremely modifies brief
- extremely modifies brief