Watch this video and see what I mean!
Let's do some practice. Try to find the adverb in the following sentence:
We're going out tomorrow to see if we can find any good carving pumpkins. (clue: It's an adverb that answers the question "where?")
A tip to finding the adverb is to first find the verb. This makes sense because adverbs describe verbs. So, what's a verb in the sentence? The word "going" is a verb. Now, look for the word that describes WHERE we're going. The answer is "out"! Let's try another one!
We're going out tomorrow to see if we can find any good carving pumpkins. (clue: There's another adverb in this sentence that answers the question "when?")
We already answered the question of where we're going. Now we can answer the question of when we're going. The answer is "tomorrow"! Let's try one last example.
The little boy waited patiently for his mom to finish talking on the phone before he asked for candy. (clue: This adverb answers the question "how?")
Again, look for a verb. Most sentences have more than one, so just start at the beginning and see what you can find. I see the verb "waited". How did the boy wait? The answer is "patiently". That's an adverb that answers the question "how?"
For your language work, I want you to find FIVE sentences in your independent reading book that contain adverbs and for each one tell me if the adverb answers the question where, when or how. Copy the sentence onto a piece of paper, circle the adverb and write where, when or how above it. If you have questions or need help, ask me before Friday! I'll be checking it then!
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2. I put my all into the social studies paper, and Mrs. Shapino GRUDGINGLY upped me to a C.
3. She was looking EXPECTENTLY at the others, so I semi-introduced them.
4. Our last faculty meeting was ESSENTIALLY a seminar on Donovan Curtis.
5. Brian shrugged UNHAPPILY.
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Right now in my book the main character Donovan Curtis is in some big trouble. His robotics team is entering this big competition and the get second every year until now. They thought it was there robot that made them lose but really it was the robot controller. The old robot controller was a teammate named Abigail and Donovan took her spot. Donovan was easily the best controller on the team having played so many video games. The team had was 100% sure they would win this time. Only there was just one problem, Donovan had under a C average and to compete in the competition you had to have a C average or above. Now the team is trying really hard to bring his grades up so they can win. Although what they don't know is that Abigail is trying to bring them down for revenge.
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