Vocabulary List
Remember: To have in your mind an awareness of something
Sport: A game involving physical activity and usually has several players (baseball, soccer, football)
Slowly: Not quickly
Spread: To extend over a large area or surface
Hold: To support, carry or grasp with hands or arms
Apparently: As far as someone knowledge is
Recall: To bring a fact, situation, event or memory into your mind again
Dribble: To strike a basketball with an open palm as so to bounce the ball on the ground
Layup: One handed shot made into basketball hoop by bouncing ball off the backboard from the side
Skills: The ability to do something well
Remained: Continue to exist, or posses a particular quality, idea or object
High School: A phase of the American education system usually from grades 9-12
Against: Opposed to, in opposition to something
Around: (used as a preposition in the sentence) in or to many places throughout the backyard
Backyard: Yard, or space in the back of the house
Contend: Struggle to face
Injured: Physically hurt somewhere on body
Basics: Essentials facts, beginning skills of something. most basic foundation
Seems: Give the impression of being something or having a particular quality
Summer: One of the four seasons of the year with very hot sunny days
Vocabulary Exercise
Directions: Use 10 of the vocabulary words above to write complete sentences. Underline the noun, use a blue highlighter to highlight the verbs and a yellow highlighter to highlight the adjectives.
Ex: My sister remained at her school for her worst subject, math.
Grammar Point - Adverbs
Adverbs tell us when, where, how, in what manner and/or to what extend an action is performed. They typically modify verbs, but they can also modify and adjective or another verb.
Adverbs tend to end in -ly but remember, not all the time, these are called flat adverbs.
Examples of adverbs modifying verbs:
1. The stray cat ran quickly to catch the squirrel in the backyard.
2. Dr. Jason Bourne worked tirelessly to find a cure for cancer.
3. The soldiers marched forward when they heard the bugle playing over the loud speaker.
4. Julie and Emily traveled far and wide to seek a better life.
Examples of adverbs modifying adjectives and other adverbs:
1. She is a really good swimmer for someone her age.
2. Helen's grades are significantly higher than the rest of her classmates.
3. The audience left quite abruptly after the actor missed his cue to go onstage.
4. The price of oil rose incredibly quickly once the snowstorm hit Long Island.
Grammar Point Exercise
Directions: Create 15 full sentences with nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Next, chose adverbs from the list below to modify the verbs and adjectives in your sentences.
Commonly used Adverbs:
Poorly Gigantically
Rapidly Softly
Quickly Hugely
Abruptly Defiantly
Swiftly Deliberately
Lazily Happily
Hourly Enormously
Daily Frequently
Brightly Anxiously
Bravely Nervously
To read more about adverbs visit www.grammarbook.com/grammar/adjAdv.asp