An adverb at the beginning of a sentence. A comma follows an opening adverb. All adverbs give information an action.
Adverbs that tell how an action happened(quickly, slowly, rapidly) always end in ly. Other adverbs tell when an action happened (now, then, yesterday), or where an action happened (Overhead, nearby, underneath)
How: Unfairly, we poked fun at him, often in his presence.
--Sue Miller, While I was Gonei
When: Then, Harry felt as though an invisible pillow had quite suddenly been pressed over his mouth and nose.
--J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Where: Outside, I found a taxi for her.
--Maya Angelou, The Heart of a Woman
Sentences can contain single or multiple opening adverbs.
Single opening adverb: Incredibly, the man was still chasing after us.
--Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
Multiple opening adverbs: Then, slowly, he fell to his knees and pitched forward onto the road, blood pooling red on the black asphalt.
Robert Ludlum, The Moscow Vector
Practice 2: Unscrambling to Imitate- In the model and the scramblist, identify the opening adverb. Next, unscramble a write out the sentence parts to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify the opening adverb.
Model: Suddenly, Alfred, who had heard the fight from the across the street, attacked from the rear with his favorite weapon, an indoor ball bat.
John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
a. sat up in the bed with her nightly snack
b. who had read the novel for over two hours
c. Jasmine
d. afterward
e. a mini Oreo cookie
Own Sentence:
Practice 3: Combining to Imitate
In the model, identify the opening adverb. Next, combine the list of sentences to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify any opening adverbs.
Model: Outside, the doctor's car was surrounded by the boy while Finny was being lifted inside by Phil Latham.
John Knowles, A Separate Peace
a. This happened inside.
b. The younger children were involved with games.
c. While they were involved, Laura was being tutored near them.
d. The tutoring was by their teacher.
Own Imitation Sentence:
Practice 4: Imitating
Identify the opening adverbs in the model and then write your own example.
1. Here, relatives swarmed like termites.
--Wallace Stegner, Crossing to Safety
Own Imitation:
2. Slowly, methodically, miserably, she ate the jellied bread.
Toni Morrison, Beloved
Own Imitation:
3. Very slowly and very carefully, Harry got to his feet and set off again as fast as he could without making too much noise, hurrying through the darkness back toward Hogwarts.
--J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Own Imitation:
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Practice 2
Opening Adverb
Model: Suddenly
Scramblist: Afterward
Scramblist: Afterward, Jasmine, who had read the novel for over two hours, sat up in her bed with her nightly snack, a mini Oreo cookie (D,C,B,A,E).
Own Sentence: Suddenly, Derrick, who doesn't have good balance, fell over and hit his head on a big object, a giant granite rock.
Opening Adverb: Suddenly
Practice 3
Opening Adverb
Model: Outside
Scramblist: Happening inside, while the younger children were involved with games, Laura was being tutored near them by their teacher.
Opening Adverb: Happening inside
Own Sentence: Happening outdoors, while the men were involved in a game of football, the ladies were were learning how to make peach cobbler from Mrs. Leech.
Opening Adverb: Happening outdoors
Practice 4
1. Opening adverb: Here
Own Sentence: There, boys grow as tall as cornstalks
2. Opening adverb: Slowly, methodically, miserably
Own Sentence: Achingly, Slowly, Persistently, Hannah tried to finish the race.
3. Opening adverb: Very slowly and very carefully
Own Sentence: Very quietly and very secretly, Hannah changed into her fun clothes and sneaked out of her house, running through the forest like a mad women.
Opening adverb: Very quietly and very carefully
Practice 1
Practice 2
Opening adverb: Suddenly
Unscrambled: Afterward, Jasmine, who had read the novel for over two hours, sat up in the bed with her nightly snack, a mini Oreo cookie.
Own sentence: Quickly, John, who tried to run from the police, got turned in by his best friend, a fireman.
Practice 3
Opening adverb: Outside
Combining: Inside, the children were involved with games while Laura was being tutored by their teacher.
Own Sentence: Outside, the little boy was playing catch with his dog while his dad washed the car.
Practice 4
1. Here
There, kids ran like dogs
2. Slowly, methodically, miserably
Quickly, horribly, scary, the car rolled over into the ditch
3. Very slowly and very carefully
Very briefly and very calmly, the principal of the college told everyone that there was a murderer inside the campus
prac. 2
D,C,B,A,E.
suddenly, Bill, who was standing in the parking lot at the time was kidnapped.
Prac. 3
Scram. Happening inside, while the younger children were involved with games, Laura was being tutored near them by their teacher.
Happening outdoors, while the kids were playing a game of kick ball, mom was inside cleaning her house.
Prac 4
open adverb: here
1 Their, children will have blond hair like the sun.
opening adverb: slowly,methodically, miserably
2 hard hitting, tired, and viciously he finished the game.
open adverb: very slowly and very carefully
3 very softly and very lovingly he petted the cat as it laid next to him.
adverb suddenly,
finally, we rode to the house on the horse.
d,c,b,a,e
practice 3
outside
Way over there, are two men digging a hole, with nothing but a stick.
practice 4
Here
Here, we only have white cheese.
Slowly, methodically, miserably
silly, frantically, insanely he tried to perform the show.
Very slowly and very carefully
Very cautiously and very silently, we crept in the house to raid the frig.
Josh, Nice development of sentences with opening adverbs.
Grade: 10/10
Brock,
Nice use of opening adverbs and sentence about a cat :)
Grade: 10/10
Examples: Suddenly; Afterward
scramblist: d, c, b, a, e
own sentence: Clumsily, Katie, who doesn't have a strong grip, swung her bat and let it slip, flying through the air.
opening adverb: Clumsily
Examples: Outside
scramblist: Happening inside, while the younger children were involved with games, Laura was being tutored near them by their teacher.
own sentence: Happening outside, while inside the mother was busy cooking, Jack was playing football outside the kitchen window.
opening adverb: Happening outside
1. Here
Own Imitation: Here, students gathered like ants.
2. Slowly, methodically, miserably,
Own Imitation: Painfully, achingly, miserably, Jarrod ate his 5th pie.
3. Very slowly and very carefully,
Own Imitation: Very rapidly and very forcefully, Harry shoved hot dog after hot dog into his mouth, determination in his mind.
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