Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Bacteria and Disease
Negative words and double negatives
Adverbs

This French scientist found that bacteria can cause disease. Who was he?

To answer the question, find the adverb in each sentence below. Only one adverb appears in each sentence. In the parentheses after each sentence, a letter is called for. Find this letter in the adverb. Then write the letter in the space above the sentence number at the bottom of the page. The first one is done for you.

1. Tia has always been interested in science. (first letter)

2. Recently her father bought her a microscope. (first letter)

3. Tia has wanted a microscope for a very long time. (second letter)

4. Curiously, she opened the box. (fourth letter)

5. She carefully put the microscope on the table. (sixth letter)

6. She would be looking at slides soon. (second letter)

7. She slowly put a slide under the microscope. (first letter)

8. Happily she looked at the slide. (third letter)

9. She could see bacteria clearly. (second letter)

10. She knew that she would use her microscope often. (third letter)