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Examples of adverb in paragraph form?

Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They can provide information about the manner, place, time, frequency, or degree of an action or event.

In the following paragraph, the adverbs are highlighted in bold:

Quickly, the young boy ran down the steep hill, carefully avoiding the large rocks. He quickly reached the small stream at the bottom of the hill and quickly crossed it, quickly making his way to the other side. Suddenly, he loudly heard a loud noise and quickly turned around, immediately spotting a large bear quickly approaching him. He quickly realized that he was in serious trouble and quickly ran back up the hill as fast as he possibly could.

In this paragraph, the adverbs provide information about the manner (quickly), place (down the steep hill, at the bottom of the hill), time (suddenly), frequency (immediately), and degree (as fast as he possibly could) of the boy's actions and the bear's approach.

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