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Time, place and manner adverbs (early, there, slowly)

Time adverbs
Time adverbs tell us about when something happens.
already lately still tomorrow
early now soon yesterday
finally recently today yet
Have you seen Laurie today?

I’d prefer to leave early.
I went to the cinema on my own recently.
There’s been an increase in house burglary lately.
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Place adverbs
Place adverbs tell us about where something happens or where something is.
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Manner adverbs
Manner adverbs tell us about the way something happens or is done.
accurately beautifully expertly professionally
anxiously carefully greedily quickly
badly cautiously loudly quietly
Manner adverbs are often formed from adjectives by adding -ly:
She spoke very loudly. We could all hear what she was saying.
We waited anxiously by the phone.

We walked up the stairs very quietly because Mum and Dad were asleep.
Some common manner adverbs have the same form as adjectives and they have similar meanings
(e.g. fast, right, wrong, straight, tight).
adjective adverb
I was never a fast swimmer Driving fast is dangerous
All of your answers were wrong. People always spell my name wrong.
Is that the right time? That builder never does anything right!
My hair is straight. Let’s go straight to the airport.
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Focusing adverbs point to something.
Degree adverbs
absolutely enough perfectly somewhat
a (little) bit entirely pretty terribly
a lot extremely quite too
almost fairly rather totally
awfully highly remarkably utterly
completely lots slightly very
Mary will be staying a bit longer. (a bit longer = for a little more time)
It all happened pretty quickly.

She was quite surprised they came, actually.
It was £3.52 if you want to be totally accurate.
Focusing adverbs
especially just mainly particularly
generally largely only simply
I just wanted to ask you what you thought.
I wouldn’t particularly like to move to a modern house.
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We put some adverbs outside the clause. They modify the whole sentence or utterance. Evaluative
and viewpoint adverbs are good examples of this:
The electric car, surprisingly, does not really offer any advantages over petrol cars. (evaluative)
Personally, I think the show was great. (viewpoint)
Linking adverbs (then, however)

Linking adverbs show a relationship between two clauses or sentences (e.g. a sequence in time,
cause and effect, contrast between two things):
[sequence]
I left my house in the morning then I went to pick up Leanne at her house.
[cause] [effect]
We talked until the early hours and consequently I overslept the next morning. (the result of the
late night is that I was late the next morning)
[contrast]
The sun will be shining in France. However, heavy rain is expected in Spain.
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We can use then and consequently to join clauses or sentences. We usually use but not
however to connect two clauses in the same sentence:
There was no room for them but they got on the train.
There was no room for them. However, they got on the train.
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Time, place and manner adverbs (early, there, slowly)

already lately still tomorrow

early now soon yesterday

finally recently today yet

Have you seen Laurie today?

Is that your scarf there?

accurately beautifully expertly professionally

anxiously carefully greedily quickly

badly cautiously loudly quietly

Manner adverbs are often formed from adjectives by adding -ly:

We waited anxiously by the phone.

I was never a fast swimmer Driving fast is dangerous

My hair is straight. Let’s go straight to the airport.

absolutely enough perfectly somewhat

a (little) bit entirely pretty terribly

a lot extremely quite too

almost fairly rather totally

awfully highly remarkably utterly

completely lots slightly very

It all happened pretty quickly.

It was £3.52 if you want to be totally accurate.

especially just mainly particularly

generally largely only simply

I just wanted to ask you what you thought.

I wouldn’t particularly like to move to a modern house.

Evaluative adverbs (surprisingly) and viewpoint adverbs

Personally, I think the show was great. (viewpoint)

Linking adverbs (then, however)

04 Adverbs and adverb phrases: position

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