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Complete lessons in order:

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Questions with Did (past tense)
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4
5
6
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10
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12
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15
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The Future Perfect Tense
26
The Eight Parts of Speech
27
English Verb Tenses
28
Irregular Verbs: Be / Do / Have
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Past Participles

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 Lesson Twenty-one

Adverbs

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They describe how, how often, where, when, and to what degree something happens.

Adverbs often end in "ly"

The train is moving quickly through the subway.

("Quickly" describes how the train moves. "Move" is a verb.)

subway

The turtle is crawling through the grass very slowly.

("Slowly" describes how the turtle crawls. "Crawl" is a verb.)

turtle

He's usually late to work.

("Usually" is an adverb of frequency that describes an adjective--"late.")

late

He rarely buys things that are not on sale. He likes to save money.

("Rarely" is an adverb of frequency that describes the verb "buy.")

sale

The water is very hot.

("Very" is an adverb that describes the adjective "hot.")

The water is too hot.

(very, too, really, so, extremely, etc. are adverbs that describe adjectives.)

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She's entering the hot tub very carefully.

("Very" is an adverb that describes another adverb "carefully." The word "carefully" describes the verb, "enter.")

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