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Adverbs
Tillie Ti ie’’s Tuba BY
MARIA FLEMING
ILLUSTRATED
BY
D O U G J ONES
This book has a lot of adverbs in it. Do you know what an adverb is?
Tillie has a tuba. She plays her tuba proudly.
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She plays enthusiastically.
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An adverb is a part of speech that modifies (tells you more about) a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Some adverbs tell you how something is done.
She plays her tuba LOUDLY .
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Some adverbs tell you when something is done.
Tillie loves her tuba. She plays it day and night.
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She plays early. She plays late. It fills her with delight.
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She plays anywhere and everywhere —
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Some adverbs tell you where something is done.
at home, at school, in town.
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She plays inside. She plays outside, marching up and down.
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Adverbs can also answer the question “to what extent ?”
Tillie thinks her tuba sounds totally stupendous.
But her family and friends agree, the noise is quite horrendous.
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When people see her coming, they quickly run away.
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What parts of speech do the adverbs on these pages modify? Which adverbs answer the questions how , when , where , and to what extent ?
It’s really much too painful to listen to her play.
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Finally, Tillie’s family said,
“Kindly take a break.
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Our heads all hurt tremendously. Our ears completely ache.”
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This sentence is bursting with adverbs! Can you write a sentence that has as many (or more!) adverbs in it?
Tearfully, poor Tillie
put away her tuba then vowed to absolutely , positively
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never play again.
Tillie kept her promise, but her family just can’t win. Today she sold her tuba.
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Now she plays the violin!
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Let’s Review
Adverbs
An adverb is a word that modifies —or tells you more about—a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. When an adverb modifies a verb, it can tell you how something is done (She plays loudly ), when something is done (She plays early ), or where something is done (She plays outside ). An adverb can also answer the question “To what extent?” (Her head hurt tremendously .) When an adverb modifies an adjective or another adverb, it often tells you how or how much (The noise was quite horrendous. She plays very loudly). Although many adverbs end in -ly (proudly , enthusiastically , totally ), it’s important to remember that many do not. Words like today , inside , and never are all adverbs, too. The best way to tell if a word is an adverb is to figure out which word it modifies in a sentence. Ask yourself: Does this word tell me more about a verb , an adjective , or another adverb ? If the answer is yes , it’s an adverb!
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