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What is the adverb in this sentence? The Doctor was bending over me. and in this sentence:
Open your mouth the doctor said speaking Norweigian.

2006-10-27 07:31:46 · 8 answers · asked by Brookie :) 1 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Over. it is motifying bending.

Adverb answers to how, when, where, to what extent, how long. (I helped my niece last night with adverbs.

speaking... it motifies said...

2006-10-27 07:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by Keith Perry 6 · 1 0

Neither of these contain adverbs. If you remember from 4th grade, an adverb modifies a verb.
So let's use the sentences above to demonstrate what adverbs are:
The doctor was carefully bending over me. (HOW was he bending over me? Carefully. Can you guess the adverb?)
Open your mouth the doctor said speaking Norwegian poorly.
(HOW was he speaking? Poorly.)
Most of the time the "ly" is a dead giveaway of an adverb. Adverbial phrases modify the verb also, such as : The doctor was bending over me with great concern.
This is not difficult stuff here. I hope this explains adverbs clearLY. (HOW does it explain??? ClearLY) OK?

2006-10-27 07:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by ladsmrt 3 · 1 0

An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much".

While some adverbs can be identified by their characteristic "ly" suffix, most of them must be identified by untangling the grammatical relationships within the sentence or clause as a whole. Unlike an adjective, an adverb can be found in various places within the sentence.

2006-10-27 07:33:25 · answer #3 · answered by Juleette 6 · 0 0

There is no adverb in either sentence. Now, if you said, "The Doctor was bending over me easily" then *easily* would be the adverb, because "easily" tells how the Doctor was bending. An adverb modifies an adjective or a verb. If you said, "'Slowly open your mouth', the doctor quietly said, speaking Norwegian," then "Slowly" and "quietly" would be adverbs. If you said "It is an extremely lovely day," then "extremely" is the adverb because it tells *how* lovely the day is.

2006-10-27 07:42:28 · answer #4 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0 1

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb. The verb in your first sentence is "bending." There is no modifier. If you had said that he was bending dangerously near to you, "dangerously" would be the adverb that modifies the verb. Most adverbs end with "ly" so they are easy to spot in a sentence.

The second sentence contains two verbs, "open" with no modifier, and "said." "Speaking" could be construed as modifying "said," but it is not really an adverb.

2006-10-27 07:41:53 · answer #5 · answered by Suzianne 7 · 1 0

An adverb describes a verb, so....

was bending is described by over me.

said is described by speaking Norwegian.

2006-10-27 07:37:13 · answer #6 · answered by Automation Wizard 6 · 0 0

over and Norweigian

2006-10-27 07:33:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

"Speaking" (or the phase "speaking Norwegian"), because it modifies the verb "Said"

2006-10-27 07:34:44 · answer #8 · answered by Wundt 7 · 0 0

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