ADVERBS......... WE LOVE ADVERBS !!!
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What is an adverb?
An adverb is a part of speech that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, clause, or sentence.
Adverbs answer the questions "How?", "When?", "Where?", "Why?", "In what way?", "How much?", "How often?"...
The easiest adverbs to recognize are those that end in-ly. Some adjectives end with -ly also but remember that adjectives can modify only nouns and pronouns. Adverbs modify everyting else.
An adverb can be placed anywhere in a sentence.
The three most common adverbs used in English Language are: not, very, too.
An adverb is a part of speech that describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, clause, or sentence.
Adverbs answer the questions "How?", "When?", "Where?", "Why?", "In what way?", "How much?", "How often?"...
The easiest adverbs to recognize are those that end in-ly. Some adjectives end with -ly also but remember that adjectives can modify only nouns and pronouns. Adverbs modify everyting else.
An adverb can be placed anywhere in a sentence.
The three most common adverbs used in English Language are: not, very, too.
Types of adverbs
TIME
ADVERBS OF TIMESome adverbs tell us when something happened or will happen. These include:afterwards, later, now, soon, yesterday etc. For example:- Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. - In this sentence yesterday shows us when the singers troubles seemed so far away.. Other adverbs of time include:-
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MANNER
Some adverbs tell us how an action is or should be performed. Often these adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the end of an adjective. Adjectives ending -l add -ly ; careful-carefully. Adjectives ending -y change to -ily ; lucky-luckily Adjectives ending -ble change to -bly ; responsible-responsibly adjective adverb anxious anxiously bad badly beautiful beautifully capable capably lucky luckily quick quickly weak weakly For example: The little girl run quickly. In this sentence quickly modifies the verb run.
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FREQUENCY
Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something is done. Adverbs of frequency include; always, constantly, continually, frequently, infrequently, intermittently, normally, occasionally, often, periodically, rarely, regularly, seldom, sometimes etc. For example: I always do my homework on time. - In this sentence always shows us the frequency (how often) I do my homework on time. She goes out occasionally. - In this sentence occasionally shows us the frequency (how often) she goes out. Most frequent always constantly nearly always almost always usually generally normally regularly often frequently sometimes periodically occasionally now and then once in a while rarely seldom infrequently hardly ever scarcely ever almost never never Adverbs of frequency appear between the subject and the verb in a sentence: For example: I always update the calendar at the beginning of the month. Poetria often takes notes during the Skype sessions. Adverbs of frequency appear after a form of the to be - am, are, is (was, were) in a sentence:- For example: I am never late. They were always noisy. Adverbs of frequency go between an auxiliary verb and the main verb:- For example: Anne doesn't usually smoke. If there are two auxiliary verbs, the adverb of frequency goes between them: For example: I have never been to Asia. The adverbs of frequency often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can go at the beginning of a sentence:- For example: Usually I don't give personal advice. = I don't usually give personal advice. Occasionally we go for a drive on a Sunday. = We occasionally go for a drive on a Sunday. Adverbs of frequency go before the verbs used to or have to:- For example: I always used to celebrate bonfire night. I usually have to get up early to walk Laika. When something happens regularly at a fixed time we can use the following as adverbs:- Every day = Daily Every week = Weekly Ever fortnight (two weeks) = Fortnightly Every month = Monthly Every year = Yearly/Annually For example: I get a newspaper every day. = I get the newspaper daily. I pay my rent every month. = I pay my rent monthly. |