English sentence builder ed swick 2009

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Exercise

10·4 Write an original sentence using each adverb of degree and the accompanying verb, adjective, or adverb provided. EXAMPLE:

very strong My cousin Jake is a very strong man.

1. highly emotional 2. totally irrelevant 3. recommend highly 4. immensely proudly 5. hugely successful 6. weep profoundly 7. really stubbornly 8. really stubborn 9. entirely false 10. partially true

Adverbs of place Adverbs of place tell where an action occurs. Some of these adverbs are single words. For example: abroad anywhere downstairs here

inside somewhere there underground

Other adverbs of place appear in phrase form, particularly in prepositional phrases. alongside the road at home in the bedroom

next door on the hearth over there

Let’s look at some example sentences: They lived abroad for five years. They were working somewhere on a secret project. Jack was making up the bed in the bedroom. We spend a lot of time at home.

Using adverbs

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