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- à 4.5èAdverb or Adjective?
- ä:èIn the sentences in the Example, underline the adverbs.
- #âS:êïCharlie worked ╕fast╗.
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- #êêè Jonah was a ╕fast╗ learner.
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- #êêè ╕Daily╗, I discover how good a person you are.
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- #êêè They gave him a ╕daily╗ dose of medicine.
- éS
- ëThe most confusing circumstances in identifying adverbs and
- adjectives occur when one word can be used either as an adjective
- or an adverb--depending on what the grammatical function of the
- word is.ïThe best way to distinguish between an adjective and an ad-
- verb is to remember the purpose of each part of speech: an adjective
- #identifies a noun or a pronoun and answers the question ╖Which one╗╖?
- #╖What kind? How many? How much?╗ïAn adverb modifies a verb, an adjec-
- #tive, or another adverb.ïThe questions adverbs answer are ╖how? when?
- #╖where? ╗and ╖to what extent╗?
- # 1.èIn which one of the following sentences is the word ╖long
- used as an adverb?
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- #A)ïThe long spike went right through the bale of hay.êê ╗
- B)ïThey put in many long hours.
- C)ïThe bricklayer stayed in the sun too long.
- D)ïå
- ü
- #è ╢Long╗ in the third sentence is used as an adverb because it mod-
- #ifies the verb form ╢stayed╗ and answers the question, To what extent
- #was the worker overexposed to the sun?ïIn the other sentences, ╖long╗
- #is an adjective identifying the noun ╖spike╗ and the noun ╖hours╗ and
- #answering the question ╖What kind╗?
- Ç C
- # 2.èIn which one of the following sentences is the word ╖yearly
- used as an adverb?
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- A)ïShe paid her yearly dues on time.
- B)ïWe vacation yearly at the beach.
- C)ïMy yearly allowance should be increased.
- D)ïå
- ü
- #ëIn the second sentence ╢yearly╗ is an adverb modifying the verb
- #╢vacation╗ and answering the question, When do the people take their
- #outing at the ocean?ïIn the other sentences, ╖yearly╗ is an adjective
- #modifying the nouns ╖dues╗ and ╖allowance╗ and answering the question
- #╖What kind╗╖?
- Ç B
- ä:èUnderline any of the sentences in the Example that
- contain an adverb correctly used.
- âS:êè The boy felt bad about that.
- êêë The boy felt badly about that.
- #êêë He goes slow.ï╕╗
- #êêë ╕He goes ╖║slowly╗.
- êêë He did good.
- #êêë ╕He did ║well╗.
- #╕╕╗éS Because an adjective can not modify a verb, putting an ad-
- jective in a grammatical context where it is supposedly modifying a
- #verb is inappropriate.ïFor example, in╖ He goes slow, slow╗ is an
- adjective.ïWhat we need in this context is an adverb to modify the
- #verb form ╖goes╗ and correctly answer the adverbial question ╖How╗?
- #Adding an ╖ly╗ to ╖slow╗ will create the adverb ╖slowly╗, the proper
- choice.ïWhen a predicate adjective is needed, it is inappropriate to
- #insert an adverb.ïIn ╖The boy felt badly about that╗, badly is an ad-
- verb, but what is needed is a predicate adjective to identify the boy's
- #feelings.ï╖Bad╗, an adjective, is the proper replacement for ╖badly╗.
- Sometimes a totally different adjective is incorrectly used instead of
- #an adverb.ïIn ╖He did good╗, the adjective ╖good╗ is inappropriate be-
- #cause we need an adverb to modify the verb form ╖did╗ and answer the
- #adverbial question ╖How╗?ïSubstitute the adverb ╖well╗ for ╖good╗ to
- correct the problem.
- 3.èWhich one of the following sentences contains the correct
- use of an adverb?
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- A)ïShe plays good at the piano.
- B)ïHe listens well in class.
- C)ïThey are a good pair.
- D)ïå
- #ü ╢Well ╗is correctly used as an adverb.ïIt modifies the verb ╢
- #╢listens╗, answering the question ╢To what extent╗╢╗╢?ï╗The adjective ╖
- #╖good ╗in the first sentence is incorrect: what is needed is an adverb
- #╖╗like ╖well ╗to modify the verb form ╖plays╗.ïRemember that adjectives
- #do not modify verbs.ïThe adjective ╖good╗ in the last sentence is used
- #properly.ïThere it modifies the noun ╖pair╗.
- Ç B
- 4.èWhich one of the following sentences contains the correct
- use of an adverb?
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- A)ïIs it true that they went slow?
- B)ïThe slow bicycle almost fell over.
- C)ïThe surgeons operated slowly.
- D)ïå
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- #ë╢Slowly ╗is correctly used as an adverb modifying the verb form
- #╢operated╗.ïIn the first sentence ╖slow╗ is an adjective.ïBut as an
- #adjective, it is unable to modify the verb form ╖went╗.ïSo what is
- #needed is the adverb ╖slowly╗.ïIn the second sentence, ╖slow╗ as an ad-
- #jective is correctly used to modify the noun ╖bicycle.
- Ç C
- 5.èWhich one of the following sentences contains the correct
- use of an adverb?
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- A)ïThe coconut tasted bad.
- B)ïThe onion smelled badly.
- C)ïHe was badly hurt at the Daytona 500.
- D)ïå
- #ü ╢Badly╗ in the last sentence is a correctly used adverb.ïIt
- #modifies the adjective ╢hurt╗, answering the adverbial question ╢To
- #╢what extent╗?ï╖Badly╗╗ in the second sentence doesn't function prop-
- #erly as an adverb because the predicate adjective ╖bad╗ is needed
- #here to refer to the noun ╖onion╗ through the linking verb form ╖smell-
- #╖ed╗.ïIn the first sentence, the predicate adjective ╖bad╗ is properly
- #used after the linking verb form ╖tasted╗. Even though it may be logical
- to say that an adverbial situation exists in this sentence because the
- question How does the coconut taste? is answered, because taste is a
- linking verb, it must take a predicate adjective, not an adverb.
- Ç C
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