In each of the sentences provided, we are asked to identify the adverbs and indicate the words they modify by underlining the adverbs and drawing an arrow to the word they describe. Let's go through the sentences one by one to identify the adverbs and the words they modify:
1. The denim skirt was too long and too expensive.
- Adverbs: too
- Modifying: long, expensive
2. Was the sun shining then?
- Adverbs: then
- Modifying: shining
3. Emilio will soon call his relatives in Costa Rica.
- Adverbs: soon
- Modifying: will call
4. Suddenly, giant hailstones pounded the area, and extremely high winds uprooted many trees.
- Adverbs: suddenly, extremely
- Modifying: pounded, uprooted
5. Yesterday, the seventh-grade class visited the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
- Adverbs: yesterday
- Modifying: visited
6. The huge tiger growled fiercely and angrily.
- Adverbs: fiercely, angrily
- Modifying: growled
7. Later, the traffic in the city seemed unusually heavy.
- Adverbs: later, unusually
- Modifying: seemed, heavy
8. My cat seldom goes outside.
- Adverbs: seldom
- Modifying: goes
9. Kamaria always does her homework before supper.
- Adverbs: always
- Modifying: does
10. Our old clock works amazingly well.
- Adverbs: amazingly
- Modifying: works
By identifying the adverbs in each sentence and determining the words they modify, we can understand how adverbs add detail or modify the action, verb, or adjective in a sentence.
