LESSON LX.

RELATIONS OF ADVERBS.

Point out the use of the italicized adverbs in the following sentences:—

1.She walks rapidly.
2.My brother is quite sick.
3.He acted very honestly.

An adverb is used to qualify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

An adverb is sometimes used with the value of a predicate adjective; as, The sun is up. We were there.

An adverb may even qualify a preposition; as, He went far beyond his instructions. The thorn ran deep into his foot.

EXERCISE.

Give the construction of each adverb in the following sentences:—

1.My sister is too sick to see you.
2.We were treated very kindly.
3.They acted more wisely than we.
4.The moon went down behind the clouds.
5.He jumped clear over the fence.
6.I wind about, and in and out,
With here a blossom sailing,
And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling.—Tennyson.
7.I’ve lived since then, in calm and strife,
Full fifty summers a sailor’s life,
With wealth to spend, and power to range,
But never have sought, nor sighed for change.—Procter.
8.Down came the storm, and smote amain
The vessel in its strength;
She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed,
Then leaped her cable’s length.—Longfellow.