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Subject: English 6, Mr. Pangburn Homeroom:

MORE Adverbs • Unit 3, Homework #18

First. . . LET ME HAVE IT:

Adverbs describe ________________, ________________, and ________________.

Adverbs tell us ________________, ________________, ________________ and

___________________________________________. .

Intensifiers tell us:

PART I –Examples of intensifiers are: ________________, ________________, ________________,

I Write Them:
________________, ________________, ________________, ________________, and
________________.

Directions:
 Underline the adverb(s) in each sentence.
 Draw an arrow to the word the adverb is describing (*an adjective or a verb).
 Label the part of speech of the word the adverb is describing.
 Write the question the adverb is answering below the adverb.
 Be sure to label all the parts of speech that we’ve learned (i.e. noun = N, pronoun = PN,
verb = V, and adjective = ADJ.).

Example:
Adj.
I ate too many pieces of candy.
to what extent

1. Very few boys really know what makes a girl happy.

2. Mr. Pangburn always tries to help his students do well.

3. Thérèse almost forgot that she had an English test on Monday.

4. The cute, furry monkey bites hard!

5. Almost none of us want to be in school when the snow falls heavily.1

6. Ms. Bhasin and I were totally lost on our way to Roxbury Prep.

7. We were the very best scorers on the last MPSP.

8. It was extremely hot outside when I started college in Maine.

9. “Beyoncé is totally beautiful!” said Rashwan excitedly.

10. “I never have loathsome Homework Club” exclaimed Vanessa exuberantly.

1 I do – that’s why it says almost. ¡Claro!

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PART II – You Write Them:

Directions:
 Write a sentence below using the adverb to describe the part of speech in parenthesis.
 Draw an arrow to the word the adverb is describing.
 Write the question the adverb is answering below the adverb.
 Be sure to label the all the parts of speech that we’ve learned (i.e. noun = N, pronoun =
PN, verb = V, and adjective = ADJ.).

PN. V. PN. N.
Example: sadly (verb) I sadly ate my dinner.__________________________________________________
how

1. happily (verb) ______________________________________________________________________

2. not (adjective) ______________________________________________________________________

3. excitedly (verb) ___________________________________________________________________

4. too (adjective) _______________________________________________________________________

5. quietly (verb) _____________________________________________________________________

6. there (verb) ______________________________________________________________________

7. rather (adjective) _________________________________________________________________

8. there (verb) ______________________________________________________________________

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 YES, adverbs
are can be
TOUGH . . .
but so are

YOU! 4