It must have been wedding - Norwell Public Schools...December 19, 2013 An adverb is a modifier,...
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Diagramming with adjectives and adverbs
It is essential that you learn the questions associated with determining the role of a
modifying word within a sentence .
First, remember that the job of a modifier is to describe:An adjective describes nouns and pronouns
It must have been a simple, beautiful fall wedding.
It must have been
a
simple
beautiful fall
wedding
An adjective will answer one of these 4 questions... Which one? (has the goofiest hair)
What kind? (of mega-ego do these guys have)
How many? (idiots can fill a hot tub)
How much? (Can we take of these fools?)Diagramming adj. and adv.
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An adverb is a modifier, too...An adverb describes verbs, adjectives, and even other adverbs
It certainly must have been a simply beautiful, fall wedding.
It
certainlymust have been
a
simply
beautifulfall
wedding
Now, here are the questions you MUST learn to determine if the modifying word is an ADVERB.
Think of a detective trying to solve a crime when you recall these 4 ADVERB questions...
WHERE? (...did the crime occur )WHEN? (...did the crime happen)WHY? (...such a senseless crime)HOW? (...is it that we have been on T.V. for 20 years! )
Diagramming adj. and adv.
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The following exercise is taken from Rex Barks: Diagramming Sentences Made Easy by Phyllis Davenport
Page 17 Exercise 2-5: Diagram these sentences. Be careful to look for helping verbs and be sure that each modifier is attached to the word it modifies.
1. Harry has been listening carefully.2. Harry has not been listening carefully. (Clue: "not" answers how Harry listens.)
3. Lucy's blue sweater was thrown downstairs.4. Might that old lady have been sleeping there?5. Suddenly the booming thunder echoed hollowly.6. The big bad wolf huffed importantly.7. What child might be crying now?8. How they must have been laughing! 9. Away flew the silly geese. (Careful! What is the verb? Who or what is doing the action?)
10. May my sister play here?
Diagramming adj. and adv.
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1. Harry has been listeningcarefully (how?)
2. Harry has been listening carefully
not (how?) (how?)
3. sweater was thrown
Lucy's (whose?)blue (what kind?)
downstairs (where?)
4. lady might have been sleeping that (w
hich one?)
sweet (w
hat kind?)
old (which one?)
there (where?)
5. thunder echoed
the
booming (w
hat kind?)suddenly (how
?)hollow
ly (how?)
6. wolf huffed
the big (w
hich one?)bad (w
hich one?)
importantly (how
?)
7. child might be crying
what ***
now (when?)
8. they must have been laughinghow***
Diagramming adj. and adv.
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9. geese flew
the
silly (which one?)
away (where?)
10. sister may play
my (whose?)
here (where?)
11. who* has been whistling
(*who is an indefinite pronoun in this sentence)
12. everyone* was sniffling softly (how?)
(*everyone is an indefinite pronoun)
13. sun was streaming
a brilliant (what kind?)
everywhere (where?)
14. cookie was being baked
a very (how?)
big (which one?)
15. fireworks were explodingwildly (how?)
somewhere (where?)
16. sparrow sings
the
sweetly (how?)Diagramming adj. and adv.
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17. cat came
an
extremely (how
?)
skinny (w
hat kind?)
old (which one?)
out (where?)
finally (when?)
cat came
an
extremely (how
?)
skinny (w
hat kind?)
old (which one?)
out (where?)
finally (when?)
OR
18. he talked afterward (when?)
politely (how?)
19. dawn was breaking
now (when?)
20. plants have been growing
those (which ones?)
rather (how?)
yellow (what kind?)
slowly (how?)
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