The Describer: Learning to use Adverbs
About the The Describer: Learning to use Adverbs Lesson
Summary
Learning more about adverbs as describing words. Explanations and summary of adverbs that modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
Objectives
• Review information about adverbs.
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Show students how adjectives can be turned into adverbs with the use of ?ly.
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Have students underline adverbs in sentences.
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Students will learn to follow directions and read instructions carefully as they do the review questions. Some sentences have more than one adverb but students are asked to underline only one to answer the question ? when or where.
Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Excerpt
You can even have adverbs that answer different questions about the same verb in one sentence. Many adverbs end in ?ly which makes them easy to find.
Slowly Easily Badly Sloppily Quickly Beautifully
Adverbs that tell how, when and where modify verbs. They tell us more about the action word in the sentence. Adverbs that tell how much, how long or to what extent modify adjectives and adverbs.
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