Adverb

Question 0

Simple adverbs

Answer 0

• Single words
  
  • ex: very, quite, rather, really, so, somewhat, too, often, much, terribly
• Can be formed by adding -ly to the word stem or -wise, -ward, -s

Question 1

What is an adverb?

Answer 1

Modifiers.
Modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
Adverbs provide information about manner, place, time, degree, number, and reason.
Adverbs are used to affirm and negate.
Adverb can occur in any position in a sentence. However, adverb are always linked most significantly to a single word in a sentence, referred to as the head word. A head word is the word (usually verb) modified by the adverb.

Question 2

Compound adverbs

Answer 2

• Two words or prefix and a word: separate, joined, or hyphenated
  
  • ex: over there
  • ex: counterclockwise
  • ex: contra-laterally

Question 3

What are the adverb forms?

Answer 3

Positive,comparative, and superlative

Question 4

Positive form (adverb)

Answer 4

single entity

Question 5

comparative form (adverb)

Answer 5

Compares two entities

- adds more or less 
- Ex: more slowly, less quickly

Question 6

Superlative form (adverb)

Answer 6

Compares three or more entities

- add most or least 
- Ex: most slowly, least quickly

Question 7

Manner (adverb)

Answer 7

How? In what way?

- quickly,slowly, well, somehow, how,however

Question 8

Place (adverb)

Answer 8

Where? What direction?

- about,anywhere, around, behind, above, below, forwards, onwards, out

Question 9

Time (adverb)

Answer 9

When? How long? How often?
- after, again, already, always, before, immediately, instantly, lately, now, once,presently, rarely, today, weekly, while

Question 10

Degree (adverb)

Answer 10

How much?
- all, almost, barely, besides, equally, even, evenly, little, much, more, most, nearly, only,quite, really, some, surely, very

Question 11

Number (adverb)

Answer 11

• order of events
• add -ly to cardinal numbers
  
  • first, second, third, secondly, thirdly

Question 12

reason (adverb)

Answer 12

why? what was the cause?

- consequently, therefore, thus, because, hence

Question 13

Affirmation (adverb)

Answer 13

Approval or assent

-absolutely,certainly, definitely, indeed,really, surely, truly, yes

Question 14

Negation (adverb)

Answer 14

Denial

-no, not, never

Question 15

Conjunctive adverbs

Answer 15

See list of common adverbs on page 104 in Syntax book.

Question 16

Development notes (adverbs)

Answer 16

• young children rarely use adverbs
  
  • the earliest uses include here and there
    
    • Baby there, Mommy here
• 4 year olds begin to use time markers
  
  • yesterday, tomorrow, before, later, after
• Understanding and use of adverbs continues through adolescence