LESSON VII.

ADVERBS.

Name the words in the following sentences that modify the verbs, that show how, when or where actions were performed:—

1.The girls recited well.
2.The teacher often read a story.
3.I left my pencil there.

A word that is used to modify the meaning of a verb is called an adverb.

An adverb may also modify the meaning of an adjective, as, He is very quiet.

An adverb may also modify the meaning of another adverb; as, She writes more rapidly than you.

An adverb is a word that is used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

EXERCISE I.

State the adverbs in the following sentences, and name the word which each modifies:—

1.Here let us sit and talk of former times.
2.I never saw so clear a sky.
3.How proudly they strode along!
4.Now let me die in peace.
5.The grass is too damp yet.
6.The face of the country suddenly changed.
7.The next night it came again.
8.The storm came on before its time;
She wandered up and down,
And many a hill did Lucy climb,
But never reached the town.

EXERCISE II.

1. Write four sentences each containing an adverb modifying a verb.

2. Write two sentences each containing an adverb modifying an adjective.

3. Write two sentences each containing an adverb modifying an adverb.