Introducing Adverbs

A word which describes or gives more information about a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs are of
different kinds with regard to manner, place, time, frequency or degree.
Adverbs modifying adjective:
That woman is extremely nice.” Nice is an adjective that modifies the noun woman. Extremely is an adverb that
modifies nice; it tells us how nice she is. How nice is she? She’s extremely nice.
Adverbs modifying adverbs:
Rania can discuss the English language very thoroughly. (The adverb very modifies the adverb thoroughly by
telling to what degree.)
Adverbs modifying verbs:
Arif can speak clearly but he cannot write neatly.

Pairs of Words in the Use of Adverbs

1-
When must be used before a subject and a verb in the
same clause. While may be used without a subject and a
verb
While an airhostess, Petah travelled a lot.
When she was an airhostess, Petah travelled a lot.
3-
‘Very’ is used with the ‘positive degree’ and ‘present
participle’. While ‘Much’ is used with ‘comparative
degree’ and past participle.
He is very happy, today. It is a very interesting story.
See he has grown much older. I am much interested in this
plan.
5-
‘Too’ means more than enough. Conveys a negative
meaning.
‘Very’ means a lot and it conveys a positive meaning
He is _______ weak to walk.
I am _______ glad to know of your success.
7-
Sensory verbs (relating to five senses: touch, smell, taste,
hearing and seeing) follow adjectives not adverbs for their
descriptions.
This sauce smells _______. Julia felt _________.
Your idea sounds ______. The food tastes ______.
2-
As a whole means generally and it is used in the
beginning of a sentence.
Wholly means completely and is used after auxiliary or
main verb.
The house was wholly consumed by fire.
As a whole the situation was agonizing.
4-
Exception is that the following words mostly take
‘very’ with them.
Grieved, Pained, Pleased, Delighted, Tired, Annoyed.
We were _______ tired after the long journey.
She was _______ delighted to get her lost kid back.
6-
Sometimes means occasionally or not regularly
Sometime refers to an indefinite time in the future.
I will visit you _______ really soon. It is damp here
_______. I _______ call my friends for a chit chat. Call
me _______ when you are free.
8-
Feel bad = poor health, feel ashamed, feel sorry
Feel badly = a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a
person who you feel has treated you badly.
Philippa still feels ______ against me for refusing to
lend her that money.
After the result I felt ______ about letting my teachers
down.
 Adverbs with two different meanings are dealt this way.
Adverbs and adjectives should not be confused. Hard = Diligently, Hardly = Scarcely
Please, do _________ as you are directed. The students work _________ near the exams.
The ________ answer was given by the last candidate ___had I switched on the fan than the power was cut.

Late = Opposite to early, Lately = Recently High = At height, Highly = Greatly

You should not try to come _________. The plane flew _________ over the mountains.
Have you been doing anything interesting _________? We need a ________skilled workforce for this job.

Dear = Expensive, Dearly = Very much Warm = High temperature, Warmly = Excitedly
You were ________ missed in the party. He shook my hand ______.
This scheme will cost us _________. I've got my hands in my pockets to keep them _____.

Sweet =Pleasant taste, Sweetly =In a charming way Free=No charge, Freely=Without being controlled
The pineapple was _______ and juicy. I encouraged them to talk _______about their past..
The baby smiled ________ to his mother. We got some __________ cinema tickets.

Direct=Without stopping, Directly=In a direct Close = Near, Closely = Carefully

manner He sat _________ to the stage.
Is there a ______ train to Edinburgh? I _________ observed the whole matter after he left.
Let me ask that question __________.
Be careful!
Some Adverbs are identical to Adjectives in form. Others are completely different.
Examples.
• Carl is a fast runner (adjective)
• Carl runs fast. (adverb)
• Rania is a good student. (Adjective)
• Rania studies well. (Adverb)
• Jamal kicked the ball hard. (He kicked the ball with tremendous force.)
• Jamal hardly kicked the ball. (He barely touched the ball.)
Adverb or Adverbial of time is placed either at the beginning or end of a sentence
Examples:
• Yesterday, the Smith came here for a visit.
• Soon after words, they set off for the football game.
• A thief broke into the house last night.
• There will be a game in the afternoon.
Note: When there are 2 or more adverbs, we can put them in this order.
1 Manner + 2 Place + 3 Time
Examples
• He fell heavily from the tree yesterday.
• He behaved very badly in class this morning.