Richbaub's Introduction to Middle School Grammar Book 2

4.4 – Adverbs
Adverbs are the evil cousins of adjectives, for although their purpose, like adjectives, is to describe, exactly how or
what an adverb describes is not always clear to students.
Once you get it, though, your knowledge of adverbs comes in handy when trying to write and speak well. For
instance, deciding when to use “well” vs. when to use “good” has to do with knowing about adverbs. In addition, a
popular technique you can use to improve your sentence variety is to begin sentences with adverbs once in a while.
Later, when you become a more advanced writer, you will discover groups of words—phrases and clauses—that
also function as adverbs, and certain punctuation and sentence variety concepts are connected to a knowledge of
these things…
A. Adverbs are the most difficult part of speech. Like adjectives, adverbs are descriptive
words, but, unlike adjectives, adverbs do not describe nouns and pronouns.
B. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, as well as other adverbs.
C. Adjectives and adverbs at work:
ADJECTIVES AT WORK
ADVERBS AT WORK
giant ocean
incredibly famous
blue fabric
walk quickly
famous actor
very quietly
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