Shadowing Practice: Adverbs: What is an adverb? | English For Kids | Mind Blooming - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Adverbs.
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An adverb is a word that describes a verb.
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Adverbs have the same relationship with verbs that adjectives have with nouns.
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Adverbs usually answer one of these questions.
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When, where, how, and how often.
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These are examples of of adverbs that show where the verb or action is taking place.
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The cat is hiding under the bed.
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Hiding is the action verb in this sentence and under describes
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or shows where the action is happening and it is happening under.
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So under is an adverb.
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These are examples of adverbs that show when the action or the verb is taking place.
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I will write my essay later.
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Later is an adverb that shows when the action will happen.
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Since the action or the verb in the sentence is right, it shows that the writing will happen later.
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So later is an adverb that shows when.
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These are some examples of adverbs that show how the action is happening.
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They laughed loudly at the joke.
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Laughed is the action verb in the sentence and loudly describes how the action is happening and it is happening loudly.
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So loudly is an adverb.
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Notice that the adverbs here all end in ly.
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Adding the ly in the end helps make them describe verbs.
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Not all adverbs though end in ly.
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Let's look at this example.
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Mary is a safe driver.
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Mary drives safely.
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In these two sentences, I've used the word safe differently.
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In the first sentence, safe described Mary, so it is an adjective.
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If in the second sentence safely described her driving, so that means it's an adverb.
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Finally, these are examples of adverbs that show how often the verb or the action is taking place.
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I always brush my teeth.
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Brush is the action verb in the sentence.
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Always describes how often the verb or the action is happening.
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And it is happening always, so that means the word always is an adverb.
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Just like adjectives, adverbs really help transform your sentences and make them more interesting.
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Let's see how.
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Chuck ate his dinner.
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This is a very simple and plain sentence.
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By adding adverbs, I can make it more interesting.
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I can say Chuck happily ate his dinner or Chuck hungrily ate his dinner.
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In both sentences, the adverbs show how he was eating.
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Try using adjectives and adverbs in your writing and see how your sentences will transform.

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