Today we are going to learn about

What is an adverb?

An adverb tells you more about a verb (doing word)

It tells you where, when, or to what extent something happens or is done.

Many adverbs are made by adding ly onto the end of an adjective.

Kind
The boy kindly carried the old ladys bags.

Strange
It was strangely quiet in the village.

An adverb is usually defined as a word that gives more information about a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and adverbs in terms of such qualities as time, frequency and manner. In the sentence Sue runs fast, fast describes how or the manner in which Sue runs. In the sentence Sue runs very fast, very describes the adverb fast and gives information about how fast Sue runs.

Most, but not all adverbs end in -ly as in slowly. But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs (ugly is an adjective, reply can be a noun or a verb). Many times an adjective can be made into an adverb by adding -ly as in nicely, quickly, completely, sincerely. Adverbs of time tell when something happens and adverbs of frequency tell how often something happens.

Adverbs can also tell you when something happens.

Our friends arrived

yesterday.

The holidays will soon be over.

Modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. He ran quickly. She left yesterday. We went there. It was too hot!

Answers the questions:

To what degree or how m

Interrogative Adverbs
introduce questions

How did you break your leg?

How often do you run? Where did you put the mouse trap?

Below are some common adverbs of time and frequency which you should learn:

Adverbs of Time Do it now. I will see you then. They will be here soon. I can't meet you today. Let's go tomorrow. They told me yesterday. Have you traveled recently?

Adverbs of Frequency I always do my homework We sometimes get confused. He usually gets good grades. I never went skiing. She rarely eats a big breakfast. He was once on TV. He saw the movie twice.

Types of Adverbs
Another type of adverb are adverbs of place. Adverbs of place tell where? an action occurred. Example: Did you put your book there on the table? Where did you put your book? There. That means that there is an adverb. On the table is a prepositional phrase. It is not an adverb. Remember that an adverb is a single-word modifier.

Types of Adverbs
The most common type of adverbs are adverbs of manner. Adverbs of manner tell how? or in what manner? an action has occurred. Many adverbs of manner end in the letters ly. Example: We walked slowly down the hall. (How did we walk? Slowly. That means slowly is an adverb of manner.)

Types of Adverbs
Adverbs of degree are the hardest type of adverb to locate in a sentence. Adverbs of manner tell how much? or to what degree? something occurs. Adverbs of manner are often the ones that describe adjectives or other adverbs.
Example: I am very tired. (To what degree am I tired? Very. Very is an adverb of manner.) Example: We were too sleepy to continue the activity. (How much were we sleepy? Too. That means that toois an adverb of degree.)

Types of Adverbs
The final type of adverb are adverbs of affirmation and negation. The three adverbs of affirmation are: yes, indeed, undoubtedly The three adverbs of negation are: no, not, never
Anytime these words appear in sentences, they are adverbs.

Adverbs can describe adjectives

The movie was really funny.

The rather rich look appealed to everyone.ompletely See English Workshop, p 113 for adverbs that frequently modify adjectives

Adverbs Describing Adjectives

Some adverbs describe adjectives.
Pretty is an adjective. You could say: quite pretty really pretty not pretty definitely pretty Quite, really, not, definitely these are all adverbs because they describe the adjective pretty.

An adverb can modify another adverb

We very nearly had an accident!

The deer ran quite quickly back into the woods.

Great!
Now you can use adverbs to make your writing more interesting.