Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 101–102 · Part 2: Part II: The parts of speech in full
76. Classes of adverbs and comparing adverbs
Goal: Your child sorts adverbs into time, place, cause, manner and degree, and compares adverbs.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- Paper and a pencil (or a slate)
What's in the book
Lesson 101 divides adverbs into five classes, defines adverbial phrases and conjunctive adverbs. Lesson 102 explains how adverbs are compared.
The lesson, step by step
Review
Ask: What is an adverb? What can it modify?
Five classes
Read:
Adverbs are divided into five classes: Adverbs of Time, Place, Cause, Manner, and Degree.
Adverbs of Time answer the questions, When? How long? How often?
Adverbs of Place answer the questions, Where? Whither? Whence?
Cause answers why, manner answers how, and degree answers how much.
Sort them
Say adverbs and let your child name the class: always, here, therefore, quickly, very, never, everywhere, nearly.
Phrases and conjunctive adverbs
Read:
Conjunctive Adverbs are those which connect two propositions, one of which is used as an adverbial element.
The book's example is "I shall see you when I return." An adverbial phrase, like "by and by," is parsed as a single adverb.
Comparing adverbs
Read:
Adverbs ending in ly are compared by prefixing more and most, less and least to the simple form
Some adverbs are compared irregularly; as, well, better, best; little, less, least.
Compare soon, quickly and badly aloud.
Use it today
Find an adverb of each class in today's reading.
Answers to the book's problems
always, never: time; here, everywhere: place; therefore: cause; quickly: manner; very, nearly: degree. soon, sooner, soonest; quickly, more quickly, most quickly; badly, worse, worst.
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