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In this video, we'll learn a few adverbs with Oliver and Peter,
who are visiting the zoo.
Oliver came early.
“Came” is a verb,
and the word “early” tells us when Oliver came.
Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or complete sentences.
Oliver waited patiently for Peter.
The adverb “patiently” talks about the verb “waited”.
Peter walked in excitedly.
The adverb “excitedly” helps us understand how Peter walked in.
He greeted the zookeeper politely.
“Politely”, the adverb, is the key to how Peter greeted the zookeeper.
Spotting an adverb is easy if it ends in -ly,
as in “excitedly” and “politely”.
Another way to spot an adverb is by asking questions like
how,
when,
where,
or how often.
Oliver saw a bird fly.
There’s no adverb in the sentence.
“Fly” is a verb,
Remember, not all -ly words are adverbs.
Let’s modify this sentence so it has an adverb.
The bird was flying swiftly.
How did the bird fly?
The adverb “swiftly” speaks about how the bird flew.
Oliver and Peter looked carefully at the map of the zoo.
The adverb “carefully” describes the verb “looked”.
They decided to meet the lion later.
The verb here is “meet”, and the adverb is “later”.
It answers the question “when”.
A deer was strolling nearby.
The verb here is “strolling”,
and the adverb is “nearby”.
It answers the question “where”.
The two boys visited the zoo frequently.
The verb here is “visited”,
and the adverb is “frequently”.
It answers the question “how often”.
They saw a monkey.
The monkey was quickly climbing up the tree.
We have the verb “climbing”,
and the adverb “quickly” answers the question “how”.
A baby monkey was swinging happily from one branch to the other.
“Swinging” is the verb,
and “happily” tells us how the baby monkey was swinging.
It was time to meet the family of gorillas.
Momma gorilla was soaking up the sun.
On seeing the two boys, the baby gorilla hid behind.
The verb is “hid”,
and the adverb “behind” tells us where the baby gorilla hid.
Oliver and Peter saw the tree kangaroos,
who were then snacking on yam, corn, and carrot.
The time adverb “then” sheds light on the verb “snacking”.
A little stroll led them to the tortoise’s burrow.
The tortoise slipped underground to escape the hot sun.
The adverb “underground” tells us where the tortoise slipped.
The elephant was stomping angrily.
We have the verb “stomping” accompanied by the adverb “angrily”.
They visited the limping giraffe, who had a fall yesterday.
The adverb “yesterday” tells when the giraffe had a fall.
They saw the toucans hop away.
The adverb “away” tells us where the toucans hopped.
Adverbs modify not just verbs but other adverbs too.
Take a look at this sentence.
The four otter pups were sleeping quite peacefully.
There are two adverbs in this sentence:
quite and peacefully.
The adverb “quite” describes “peacefully”, another adverb,
which in turn talks about the verb “sleeping”.
Adverbs modify adjectives too, which is evident from this sentence.
Oliver and Peter were extremely happy to walk with the penguins.
The adverb “extremely” modifies the adjective “happy”.
Sometimes adverbs modify an entire sentence.
Take a look at this example.
Finally, they came to the lion’s den.
“Finally”, a sentence adverb,
modifies the whole sentence and not a particular verb, adjective, or adverb.
The lion came out of its den,
and the two boys clicked a few selfies with the lion.
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