--Rise _silently_ from your seat. Rise _noisily_ from your seat.
--Speak _softly_ into the ear of your nearest comrade. Speak _loudly_ into the ear of your nearest comrade.
--Take five steps toward the door; turn _abruptly_ to the left. Take five steps toward the door; turn _gradually_ to the left.
--Take your nearest comrade _lightly_ by the arm. Take your nearest comrade _roughly_ by the arm.
--Look _smilingly_ into the mirror. Look _scowlingly_ into the mirror.
--Place your pencil _there_. Place your pencil _here_.
--Lay your book _somewhere_ on the table. Lay your book _elsewhere_ on the table.
--Walk to the window _constantly_ clapping your hands. Walk to the window _occasionally_ clapping your hands.
--Drink the water in the glass _now_. Drink the water in the glass _by and by_.
--Carry the pink tower _upstairs_. Carry the pink tower _downstairs_.
--Write a word on the blackboard _immediately_. Write a word on the blackboard _soon_.
--Walk along the hall swinging your arms _somewhat_. Walk along the hall swinging your arms _a great deal_.
--Bend your head a _little_. Bend your head _much_.
--Walk _slowly_ to the window. Walk _less slowly_ to the window. Walk _more slowly_ to the window.
--Place on the table your _most_ beautiful drawing. --Place on the table your beautiful drawing.
--Make a broad mark on the blackboard. Make a _very_ broad mark on the blackboard.
(Adverbs of comparison, correlative adverbs)
--Look for a piece of cloth softer _than_ velvet. --Look for a piece of cloth _as_ soft as velvet.
--Find among your colors a shade _as_ black _as_ the blackboard. --Find a piece of cloth _not so_ shiny _as_ satin. --Find among the plane insets a rectangle _as_ broad _as_ half the square. --Bring a rod longer _than_ your copy-book. --Bring a rod _as_ long _as_ your copy-book. --Bring a rod _not so_ long _as_ your copy-book. --Find a piece of cloth _less_ rough _than_ the canvas.
The sentences to be analyzed are reproduced as usual by building the first sentence on each slip; and then, by changing the adverb, the child gets the second or third sentence. One of the first permutations is to remove the adverb from those sentences where it performs the function of an _adjective to the verb_, thereby causing one action to be changed into another. For example take the two sentences:
