What Is an Adverb?

An adverb is a particle of speech that modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a

phrase, or a clause. The placement of an adverb in a sentence frequently answers such
questions as how, when, where, and how much.
You can usually recognize the placement of an adverb in a sentence by the ly ending on
the particle of speech. !owever, not all adverbs can be identified simply by loo"ing for
the ly ending on words. To ma"e sure that you are identifying all of the adverbs in a
sentence, you have to loo" at each clause and determine what words are modifying what
words. #or e$ample, consider the following sentences%
The portly cat ate two dinners tonight. &n this sentence, both the words portly
and tonight are adverbs. The word portly modifies the noun cat and the
word tonight specifies when the two dinners were eaten.
The two dinners caused the cat to grow more portly. !ere, both the words more
and portly are adverbs. 'ore modifies the adverb portly.
&t might be easier for you to thin" of adverbs in terms of categories. There are adverbs of
time, adverbs of location, adverbs of degree, adverbs of frequency, adverbs of manner,
and adverbs that pose questions.
What Are Some Adverb Games?
(ow that you understand what adverbs are, you might want to learn some adverb games
so you can pass this understanding on to a student.
The first game is an adverb acting game. You need the following materials% inde$ cards,
strips of paper, a pencil, and two bags.
#irst, e$plain to the student what adverbs are. As" him or her )or the classroom* to give
you e$amples of adverbs. +rite down these e$amples on twenty inde$ cards, with one
adverb on each card. Try to only write adverbs which the student will be able to act out,
for e$ample angrily or quic"ly.
(e$t, as" the student to come up with ten questions for activities which they do during
the day, such as ,an you give me directions to school- or eating dinner with the
family and write them on the strips of paper.
After the questions are written down, fold up both the adjectives and the strips of paper,
and put them into the two bags respectively. As" the student to choose a strip of paper,
and an adjective and act out the adjective with the strip of paper. #or e$ample, if he or
she chooses quic"ly and ,an you give me directions to school then the student needs
to as" the question quic"ly. The point of the game is to guess what adverb the student is
acting out.
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What Are Some Other Adverb Games For Kids?
Another great game to play with students is the (o ly +ords Allowed< game. &f you are
wor"ing with a classroom, brea" the students up into groups and as" them to come up
with a list of adverbs. !owever, they can=t include an adverbs with ly at the end. /ive
them a couple of e$amples, and remind them what adverbs are. /ive each group five
minutes, and the group with the most wins a prize.
&f you are playing the game with only one student, use the same rules as above, and give
him or her a prize when their list reaches twenty adverbs without ly.