Abeka 6th Grade Language Test #9 (Use pages 241-246 to study)

These are always adverbs:

*not, never, and n't*

Adverb form of sure, real, and bad:

*surely, really, badly*

Prepositional Phrase as an Adverb Phrase:

A phrase that begins with a preposition and modifies verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Answers the questions *where, when, how, or why.*

Prepositional phrase used as an Adjective Phrase:

Begins with a preposition and modifies a noun or a pronoun.

Adverb Phrase that modifies a verb:

Can be located anywhere in the sentence but should make sense when read after the verb.

Avoid Double Negatives:

Do not use two negative words in the same statement. *no, not, n't, none, never, no one, nothing, hardly, scarcely*

Is always an adjective: Is an adverb (when telling how something is done) or an adjective (when describing a person's health):

Good Well

Adjective phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun:

Is usually located right after the noun or pronoun

Adverb Phrase that modifies an adjective or adverb:

Is usually located right after the word that it modifies.

Adverbs that modify other adverbs:

Locate the adverb, ask the question *how*, and look at the word directly in front of the adverb to find:

Adverb Comparisons:

Most adverbs form the comparative and superlative degrees by using *more and most.* A few adverbs form the comparative and superlative degrees by adding *-er and -est.* A few adverbs are irregular in form.

Avoid Double Comparisons:

Never use *-er and more* together or *-est and most* together.

Writing with Adverb Phrases:

Place adverb phrases so that they clearly modify the word you intend. Do not place an adverb phrase between two verbs that it might modify.

Diagramming Adverbs:

Use page 231 to study

Diagramming Adverb Phrases:

Use page 233 to study

Positive Degree:

When only one person, place, or thing is being described.

Superlative Degree:

When three or more people, places, or things are being described.

Comparative Degree:

When two people, places, or things are being described.

Adjective:

is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. It answers the questions *which one, what kind, how many, how much, or whose.* It should make sense when put right in front of the noun it describes.

Adverb:

is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It answers the questions *where, when, how, how often, to what extent.* It should make sense placed right after the verb it describes or right before the adjective or adverb it describes.

Adverbs that modify adjectives:

locate the adjective and ask the questions *how or to what extent* to find: