Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 103–104 · Part 2: Part II: The parts of speech in full
77. Parsing adverbs
Goal: Your child parses adverbs, including conjunctive adverbs and adverbial phrases.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- Paper and a pencil (or a slate)
What's in the book
Lesson 103 gives the order of parsing an adverb and Lesson 104 models such as "Bravely" and "Whenever," with ten sentences to analyze and parse.
The lesson, step by step
Review
Ask for the five classes of adverbs.
The order
Read:
1. An adverb, and why? 2. Compare it. 3. Tell what it modifies.
Then the rule:
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, participles, and adverbs.
Models
Read the book's models:
Bravely is an adverb; it is used to modify the meaning of a verb.
Whenever is an adverb; conjunctive; it connects two clauses; it modifies 'wish.'
Parse
Find and parse the adverbs:
How rapidly the moments fly.
Doubtless, he is a wise man.
He visits us now and then.
Check together
Check with the answers. Note that "again and again," "by and by" and "now and then" are each parsed as one adverb.
Use it today
Use "by and by" or "now and then" in a sentence today.
Answers to the book's problems
1 frequently (modifies saw). 2 often (must call). 3 How (rapidly), rapidly (fly). 4 again and again (has been reproved). 5 Perhaps (can tell, or the whole sentence). 6 Doubtless (the whole proposition). 7 Peradventure (the whole proposition). 8 not (have seen); since: conjunctive adverb joining the clause I returned. 9 by and by (will be explained). 10 now and then (visits).
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