Learn About Adverbs and Adverbials

Adverbs and
adverbials
GRAMMAR
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Adverbs and Adverbials Outline
Content
Adverbs and adverbials allow you to add details and precision to your writing.
Learning Outcomes
• Discuss the difference between adverbs and adjectives.
• Learn how to convert adjectives to adverbs.
• Learn how to use adverbs and adverbials in sentences.
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Adverbs and Adverbials
What do you know about adverbs and

adverbials?
What is the difference

between the two? ???
Using the terms ???

“adverb” and “adverbial,”
can you fill in the chart on the right?
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Adverbs
An adverb is a modifier. It can be used to

modify verbs and adjectives, as well as
other adverbs.
Adverbs can be used to address the

following questions:
How? When? Where? To what extent?
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Adjectives
It is important to differentiate between

adverbs and adjectives.
Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns.
Examples:
“He is a wealthy man.”
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Grammar
Please note
Adverbs can be formed from most adjectives by
adding an “-ly” ending. For example:
adjective: quick  adverb: quickly

sad  sadly
graceful  gracefully
bad  badly
generous  generously
ignorant  ignorantly
slow  slowly www.english-maestro.mn 5
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Grammar
Please note
There are some important exceptions
when converting adjectives into adverbs:
For adjectives that end with a consonant

followed by “y,” replace the “y” with an “i”
before adding the “-ly.”
Examples:
adjective: happy  adverb: happily
lucky  luckily
busy  busily
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Grammar
Please note
For adjectives that end “-ic,” add “-ally.”

Examples:
adjective: sarcastic  adverb: sarcastically
comical  comically
basic  basically
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Grammar
Please note
For adjectives that end in “-able,” “-ible,” or

“-le,” just replace the “e” with “y.”
Examples:
adjective: simple  adverb: simply
comfortable  comfortably
terrible  terribly
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Exercises
Speaking
Convert the following adjectives into
adverbs
loud visible ready
tragic energetic apologetic
probable lazy gentle
speedy smooth speedy

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Adverbs
So... how exactly do adverbs work?
Adverbs can modify verbs:
We waited patiently.
Adverbs can modify adjectives:
The music was considerably loud.

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Adverbs
Adverbs can modify other adverbs:
He walked extremely quickly.
 How did he walk? Quickly
 How quickly? Extremely.
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Adverbs
Adverbs can also modify entire sentences:
Actually, I thought dinner was excellent.
Unfortunately, we have to leave early.
Presumably, the line will be very long.
Apparently, the rain washed away the graffiti.
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Exercises
Writing
Convert the adjectives into adverbs and
insert them into the sentences
1) The child showed his mother his report card. (proud)
2) I removed the turkey from the oven. (careful)
3) The knight rescued the princess. (courageous)
4) The cat crept down the alleyway. (sneaky)

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Adverbs
Please note
There are also many other adverbs that are
not created from adjectives using “-ly.” For
example:
She is working again.
He almost reached the top.
We are very excited.
You are always right.

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Adverbs and Adverbials
An adverbial is an adverb or group of

other words, such as an adverbial phrase,
that modifies a
verb or sentence.
Adverb
All of the adverbs from
the previous slides are
considered to be adverbial
adverbials (“quickly,”
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Adverbs
Further, adverbials can also take the form of

clauses or phrases that answer the same
questions as adverbs:
How? When? Where? To what extent?
The student was acting like he didn't care about

graduating high school.
 How was the student acting?

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Adverbials (when?)
We cooked dinner while waiting for John and

Cindy to come home.
• When did you cook dinner?
Before I went to bed, I prepared lunch for the

next day.
 When did you prepare lunch?

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Adverbials (where?)
The weather is much nicer in France.
 Where is the weather much nicer?
The ball is stuck underneath the refrigerator.
 Where is the ball stuck?
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Adverbials (to what extent?)
Superman is stronger than all of the other

superheroes.
 To what extent is Superman stronger?
He fought against evil with all of his might.
 To what extent did he fight against evil?
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Exercises
Writing
Fill in the blanks with the adverbs and
adverbials
unfortunately – considerably – before we set out on our vacation – excitedly --
quickly – with time to spare – to the airport – luckily – carefully
________, we ________ made sure that we packed

everything we needed. ________ packing ended up
taking longer than we had expected. We ________
drove ________. ________, we were able to board
the plane ________. The flight was ________ smooth.
We sat down in our seats, ________ looking forward
to our vacation.
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Review
1. adverb used primarily to modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs
2. adverbial an adverb or group of words modifying a verb or sentence
Adverbs and adverbials allow you

to add details and precision to your
writing.
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Exercises
Writing
True or False
All adverbs are made by adding “-ly” to adjectives.
a) true
b) false
All adverbs are adverbials.

a) true
b) false
All adverbials are adverbs.
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Adverbs and

What do you know about adverbs and

What is the difference

Using the terms ???

An adverb is a modifier. It can be used to

Adverbs can be used to address the

How? When? Where? To what extent?

It is important to differentiate between

Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns.

“He is a wealthy man.”

“She is healthy.” www.english-maestro.mn 4

adjective: quick  adverb: quickly

For adjectives that end with a consonant

For adjectives that end “-ic,” add “-ally.”

For adjectives that end in “-able,” “-ible,” or

loud visible ready

tragic energetic apologetic

probable lazy gentle

speedy smooth speedy

So... how exactly do adverbs work?

Adverbs can modify verbs:

Adverbs can modify adjectives:

The music was considerably loud.

Adverbs can modify other adverbs:

He walked extremely quickly.

 How did he walk? Quickly

 How quickly? Extremely.

Adverbs can also modify entire sentences:

Actually, I thought dinner was excellent.

Unfortunately, we have to leave early.

Presumably, the line will be very long.

Apparently, the rain washed away the graffiti.

1) The child showed his mother his report card. (proud)

2) I removed the turkey from the oven. (careful)

3) The knight rescued the princess. (courageous)

4) The cat crept down the alleyway. (sneaky)

He almost reached the top.

We are very excited.

You are always right.

An adverbial is an adverb or group of

Further, adverbials can also take the form of

How? When? Where? To what extent?

The student was acting like he didn't care about

 How was the student acting?

We cooked dinner while waiting for John and

• When did you cook dinner?

Before I went to bed, I prepared lunch for the

 When did you prepare lunch?

The weather is much nicer in France.

 Where is the weather much nicer?

The ball is stuck underneath the refrigerator.

 Where is the ball stuck?

Superman is stronger than all of the other

 To what extent is Superman stronger?

He fought against evil with all of his might.

 To what extent did he fight against evil?

________, we ________ made sure that we packed

1. adverb used primarily to modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

2. adverbial an adverb or group of words modifying a verb or sentence

Adverbs and adverbials allow you

All adverbs are made by adding “-ly” to adjectives.

All adverbs are adverbials.

, we made sure that we packed