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    This document discusses how adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. It provides examples of each: 1) Adverbs that modify verbs usually indicate when, where, how, or to what extent an action is performed, such as "Anita placed the vase carefully on the shelf." 2) Adverbs can also modify adjectives, like "Peter was extremely pale last night" where extremely modifies the adjective pale. 3) Adverbs can modify other adverbs, as in "Peter Jackson finished his assignment remarkably quickly" where remarkably modifies the adverb quickly.

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    This document discusses how adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. It provides examples of each: 1) Adverbs that modify verbs usually indicate when, where, how, or to what extent an action is performed, such as "Anita placed the vase carefully on the shelf." 2) Adverbs can also modify adjectives, like "Peter was extremely pale last night" where extremely modifies the adjective pale. 3) Adverbs can modify other adverbs, as in "Peter Jackson finished his assignment remarkably quickly" where remarkably modifies the adverb quickly.

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    This document discusses how adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. It provides examples of each: 1) Adverbs that modify verbs usually indicate when, where, how, or to what extent an action is performed, such as "Anita placed the vase carefully on the shelf." 2) Adverbs can also modify adjectives, like "Peter was extremely pale last night" where extremely modifies the adjective pale. 3) Adverbs can modify other adverbs, as in "Peter Jackson finished his assignment remarkably quickly" where remarkably modifies the adverb quickly.

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    BAHASA INGGRIS III - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING - STIKES BETHESDA YAKKUM YOGYAKARTA

    • At school, you may have been told that adverbs end -ly and
    modify verbs. That is all true, but adverbs do far more than that
    description suggests.

    • Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs. Although


    many adverbs end -ly, lots do not
    (e.g., fast, never, well, very, most, least, more, less, now, far,
    and there).
    Here are some examples of adverbs modifying verbs:
    Adverbs • Anita placed the vase carefully on the shelf.
    modifying The word carefully is an adverb.
    It shows how the vase was placed.
    VERBS
     Tara walks gracefully.
    The word gracefully is an adverb.
    An adverb that It modifies the verb to walk.
    modifies a verb
    usually tells you  He runs fast.
    The word fast is an adverb.
    when, where, how, in It modifies the verb to run.
    what manner, or to
    what extent the  The dinner guests arrived early.
    action is performed. The word early is an adverb.
    It modifies the verb to arrive
    Adverbs
    Here are some examples of adverbs modifying adjectives:
    Modifying
    ADJECTIVES Peter was extremely pale last night.
    The adverb extremely modifies the adjective pale.
    If you examine the (Pucatnya sangat, tidak hanya agak)
    word adverb, you
    could be forgiven for Mike is rather careless.
    The adverb rather modifies the adjective careless.
    thinking adverbs only
    (Teledornya agak, tidak sangat teledor)
    modify verbs (i.e.,
    "add" to "verbs"), but She wore a very beautiful dress.
    adverbs can also The adverb very modifies the adjective beautiful.
    modify adjectives and (Cantiknya banget, tidak setengah-setengah)
    other adverbs.
    Here are some examples of adverbs modifying adverbs:

     Peter Jackson finished his assignment remarkably quickly.


    Adverbs The adverb quickly modifies the verb to finish.
    The adverb remarkably modifies the adverb quickly.
    Modifying
    OTHER ADVERBS Remarkably memberikan intensitas pada adverb quickly, yang
    artinya cepat banget. Sedangkan quickly juga merupakan adverb
    yang memberikan intensitas pada kata finish, yang artinya
    menyelesaikan dengan cepat. Jadi kalimat ini bila diterjemahkan:

     Peter Jackson menyelesaikan tugasnya dengan sangat cepat.

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