LESSON #3

The goal of this activity is to Identify adverbs in the following sentences.
Read each sentence carefully consider the role that the adverbs play in the sentence.

Use the table at each sentence to check your response.

Example: At least seven of my wife's relatives are too dangerous for my liking. Check response At least too for my liking

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1. Wherever you go, there you are. Check response Wherever there
2. We almost had a very exciting time last night. Check response almost very last night
3. Bill had apparently forgotten the promise to his secretary. Check response apparently
4. Cletus was understandably irate after the hasty decision by the judges. Check response understandably
5. He who laughs last doesn’t get the joke. Check response last doesn't *
6. When will you be ready to go? Check response When
7. Ivan the Terrible was raving mad. Check response raving
8. Leaving the building, the boy waved. Check response Leaving
9. Marty is too shy to dance in public. Check response too to dance
10. Reggie vowed to boldly go where no one had gone before. Check response boldly before
11. The crowd somberly left the arena after the referee died. Check response somberly after
12. Bobby had already arrived when Teddy left for Washington. Check response already
13. I live to play sports. Check response to play
14. Babe Ruth was most commonly called “the Bambino” by his fans. Check response most commonly
15. Apparently you misunderstood my last instructions. Check response Apparently
16. I am never too sick to go to the movies. Check response never too
17. Never in his life had Mark given such a magnificently interesting lecture. Check response Never such magnificently
18. Frasier surprisingly topped the ratings for the fifth week in a row. Check response surprisingly
19. Today I will definitely help you, although yesterday I just didn’t have the time. Check response Today definitely yesterday just didn't *
20. Nancy is too weak to lift that television by herself. Check response too
21. Whenever you decide to leave, we’ll be more than ready to join you. Check response Whenever more than
22. The lawyer objected very strenuously to the blatantly leading line of questioning.
23. Yesterday, the airman boldly corrected the staff sergeant. Check response Yesterday boldly
24. There is simply no way she will approve your ridiculous offer. Check response There simply
25. To make a long story short, I never had any sort of relationship with that woman. Check response short never any
26. How do you manage to find the time to visit here so frequently? Check response How here so frequently
27. He behaved very brusquely, although he later apologized for his rudeness. Check response very brusquely later
28. The last I saw of Ted, he had run screaming into the night. Check response last screaming
29. It’s really quite depressing that George is too short to enjoy this roller coaster. Check response really quite too
* Note: Sentence (number 5 =doesn't) and (number 19=didn't)
The (contraction= n't )"not" represents the adverb.

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