What are the adverbs? The Bully Busters graciously invited BMS students to run the track with them in order to promote their cause.

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Mar 14, 2018

graciously, in order to promote their cause (adverbial phrase)

Explanation:

To spot adverbs in a sentence, look for words that enhance the verbs in a sentence

In this sentence:
The Bully Busters graciously invited BMS students to run the track with them in order to promote their cause.

The word graciously answers how the BMS students were invited by the Bully Busters, thus modifying the verb "invited", thus making it an adverb.

Correction: there is also an adverbial phrase in this sentence which modifies the verb "run": in order to promote their cause, which describes why they want to run