Early airplanes had double wings, the
pilot sitted in an open cockpit. (wings.
The [or wings, and]; sat)
They flewed very careful. (flew; carefully)
USE ADVERBS
Explain that adverbs add
information
and descriptive details to sentences.
The addition of an adverb can make a
sentence much richer. Not Descriptive: She took the controls. More Descriptive: She eagerly took
the controls.
Have students review something
they have written to see if they can
improve it by adding carefully chosen
adverbs.
Amelia Earhart was an adventurer, and
he was also an expert pilet. (she; pilot)
If she were alive today sh'ed probably be
an astronaut. (today, she'd)
STANDARDIZED TEST PREP
Test Tip
When in doubt about whether a word is
an adverb, ask yourself if the word tells
you something about the verb. In the
following sentences, for example, the word fast is used in two ways.
She ran fast.
She is a fast runner.
By asking How did she run? you will
answer She ran fast. That tells you that
fast is an adverb in the first sentence.
In the second sentence, fast is an
adjective describing the noun runner.
