| Sentence Diagramming: Flashcard 4 | ||
| An adverb is a word that
modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.*
Adverbs can express time, manner, place, direction, and degree, among
other things. Adverbs often, but by no means always, end in -ly (happily,
peacefully, directly, occasionally, completely). A few of the many
adverbs not ending in -ly are the following: very and soon
(seen in the diagram below), already, always, often, here, there, fast,
too, and almost. Words ending in -ly are not
necessarily adverbs, e.g., friendly customers, a manly attitude,
motherly love, heavenly peace.
Here are a few of the many words that serve both as adverbs and as adjectives: fast (drive fast, a fast runner), much (much larger, learn much), early (rise early, the early bird), long (wait long, a long wait). As you make your way through these flashcards, you may wish to refer to a section of my website that deals with terminology, www.german-latin-english.com/diagrammingterms.htm. |
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| On the right is a diagram of the sentence "A very large passenger jet will be landing soon." The attributive adjective large is modified by the adverb very. The verb will be landing is modified by the adverb soon. |  |
An adverb that modifies a verb is diagrammed on a slanted line attached to the base line under the verb. An adverb that modifies an attributive adjective or another adverb is hooked onto the adjective or adverb. Flashcard 5: predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives. |
| * Adverbs can also modify prepositions, prepositional phrases, conjunctions, phrases, clauses, and even entire sentences. | ||
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