Exercise 112

Select the adverbs. Prove that they are adverbs by showing clearly that they are added to some part of the sentence that is not a noun or a pronoun.

Models The mother spoke very gently.

The word gently shows the manner of the speaking. It is therefore added to the verb spoke and is an adverb.

The word very shows how gently. It is therefore added to the adverb gently and is an adverb.

Mary only smiled.

The word only excludes other acts than the act of smiling. It is an adverb added to the verb smiled.

Mr. Jones will lecture twice more.

The word more (again) shows a repetition of the act of lecturing. It is therefore an adverb added to the verbal lecture. The word twice shows the number of repetitions (not the number of times of lecturing). It is therefore an adverb added to the adverb more. The word only excludes more repetitions than two. It is an adverb added to the adverb twice.

Perhaps it will rain.

The copula will shows certainty in the mind of the speaker. The word perhaps changes this certainty to doubt. It is therefore added to the copula.

1. The child spoke impatiently.

2. There blooms the violet blue.

3. The birds are singing joyously.

4. They are very joyous.

5. Slowly and sadly she walked homeward.

6. She has become more friendly.

7. Here the battle was fought.

8. You talk too rapidly.

9. She suddenly stepped backward.

10. She promised to come again.

11. She will sing once more.

12. She seems somewhat exhausted.

13. This warm weather makes people very languid.

14. I shall be ready soon.

15. Mary is better now.

16. How did you open this box?

17. How large is your farm?

18. She has always been a womanly child.

19. Perhaps she is sad.

20. She is surely sad.

21. She was not a lady.

22. Only twenty pupils were present.

23. Possibly she misunderstood you.

24. Swiftly sped the children down the road.

25. You do not speak clearly enough.

26. Probably the letter was lost.

27. You will surely regret this act sometime.

28. Very sweet was the voice of the child.

29. How patiently she bears her disappointment.

30. The fall only frightened me.

31. The patient is almost well.

32. She will not finish the work to-day.

33. She talks almost too confidently.

34. I shall never forget her patience.

35. She was a teacher then.

Exercise 113

Show from the following sentences that both adjectives and adverbs may express manner, degree, place, and exclusion, and that both adjectives and adverbs may end in ly.

1. The extreme brightness of the sun dazzled me.

2. The light was extremely bright.

3. She has a friendly manner.

4. The picnic party ate their dinner here.

5. The farmers there irrigate their crops.

6. His slow delivery was impressive.

7. He was a manly boy.

8. He delivered his speech slowly.

9. Only wrens can get into the bird house. 10. But four children were absent.