Degrees of Adverbs for highschoolers.

1. GRAMMAR CLASS
ADVERBS:
DEGREES OF
ADVERBS

2. WHAT ARE
ADVERBS?
AN ADVERB IS A WORD THAT CAN MODIFY OR
DESCRIBE A VERB, ADJECTIVE, ANOTHER
ADVERB, OR ENTIRE SENTENCE.
FIND THE ADVERB:
1 - T h e s t u d e n t s s h o u l d c o m e s o o n .
2 - I t r a i n s m o r e f r e q u e n t l y i n
M a l a y s i a t h a n M o r o c c o .
3 - S h e s c r e a m e d l o u d l y .
4 - S h e c o m p l e t e l y f o r g o t a b o u t t h e
h o m e w o r k .

3. REGULAR VS IRREGULAR ADVERBS
REGULAR ADVERBS ARE FORMED BY TAKING AN
ADJECTIVE AND ADDING THE SUFFIX: LY
EXAMPLE:
CAREFUL --------> CAREFULLY
CLEAR --------> CLEARLY
HUMBLE -------> HUMBLY
SAD -------> SADLY

4. REGULAR VS IRREGULAR ADVERBS
REGULAR ADVERBS ARE FORMED BY TAKING AN
ADJECTIVE AND ADDING THE SUFFIX: LY
EXAMPLE:
GOOD --------> WELL
FAST --------> FAST
LATE -------> LATE
STRAIGHT -------> STRAIGHT

5. THE THREE
DIFFERENT FORMS
FOR EXAMPLE:
HE RUNS QUICKLY
THE ADJECTIVE QUICKLY TELLS MORE ABOUT THE VERB RUNS—IT TELLS HOW HE RUNS.
MOST ADVERBS HAVE THREE DIFFERENT FORMS TO SHOW DEGREES OF COMPARISON
1-THE POSITIVE (WHICH DESCRIBES A SINGLE ACTION OR QUALITY),
2-THE COMPARATIVE (WHICH COMPARES TWO ITEMS), AND
3-THE SUPERLATIVE (WHICH COMPARES MORE THAN TWO ITEMS).

6. PRACTICE

7. ANSWER KEY
w o r s t
t a l l e r
f r i e n d l i e s t
b e t t e r
m o r e p a t i e n t l y
f a s t e s t

8. PRACTICE

9. ANSWER KEY
W h i c h w a s h a r d e r f o r y o u t o l e a r n , s k i i n g o r s k a t i n g ?
C o r r e c t
O f t h e t h r e e p i t c h e r s o n t h e t e a m , J u l i o i s t h e m o s t a c c u r a t e
I c a r e f u l l y r e s e a r c h e d s e v e r a l t y p e s o f c o m p u t e r s a n d t h e n b o u g h t t h e o n e I l i k e d m o s t .
C o r r e c t

10. PRACTICE

11. ANSWER KEY