ADVERBS: DEGREE, FREQUENCY AND INTERROGATIVE

ADVERBS ARE USED WITH VERBS TO TELL HOW AN ACTION IS DONE( ADVERBS OF MANNER), OR WHEN
AN ACTION IS DONE( ADVERB OF TIME), OR WHERE AN ACTION HAPPENS( ADVERB OF PLACE). THEY ARE
OFTEN MADE BY ADDING LY TO THE ADJECTIVE BUT THEY ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS. ADVERBS GENERALLY
FOLLOW THE VERB PHRASES.

ADVERBS OF DEGREE

YOU HAVE LEARNT THAT ADVERBS ARE USED WITH OR MODIFY VERBS BUT THERE IS ONE KIND OF
ADVERB THAT MODIFY ADJECTIVES AND OTHER ADVERBS. LOOK AT THESE SENTENCES.

1. Tom did a VERY difficult exercise

2. That hat is TOO big for you.
3. Yes it is RATHER large.
4. Dinner is ALMOST ready.
5. She has a REALLY beautiful face.

ALL THESE WORDS ARE ANSWERS TO SUCH QUESTIONS HOW DIFFICULT? HOW BIG? ETC AND YOU
WILL NOTICE THAT THEY ARE USED WITH THE ADJECTIVES DIFFICULT , BIG, ETC. THEY ARE ADVERBS
OF DEGREE. SOME ADVERBS OF DEGREE CAN MODIFY ADVERBS

RICHARD RAN QUICKLY. ( VERY-QUICKLY)

HE ARRIVED TOO SOON (TOO-SOON)

HE ANSWERED THE QUESTION QUITE EASILY. (QUITE-EASILY)

SOME ADVERBS OF DEGREE MODIFY VERBS

I HARDLY KNOW HIM .( HARDLY-KNOW)

THAT NEARLY HIT ME.( NEARLY –HIT)

I QUITE UNDERSTAND.( QUITE-UNDERSTAND

WE HAVE NEARLY FINISHED THE EXERCISE. ( NEARLY – FINISHED)

ADVERBS OF DEGREE MODIFY VERBS, ADJECTIVES AND OTHER ADVERBS.

ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

THERE ARE OTHER ADVERBS THAT TELL US HOW OFTEN. THEY ARE CALLED ADVERBS OF
FREQUENCY. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:

1 I NEVER SEE HIM NOW. ( NEVER- SEE)

2. I HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM. ( NEVER- SEEN)

3. I SOMETIMES MEET HIM ON THE BUS. ( SOMETIMES-MEET)

4. THEY USUALLY GO HOME ON WEEKENDS. ( USUALLY – GO)

5. HE DOESN’T OFTEN GO TO THE CINEMA. ( OFTEN-GO)

6. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND HER IN HER OFFICE. ( ALWAYS – FIND)

NOTICE THE POSITION OF THESE ADVERBS IN THE SENTENCES. WRITE THEM BEFORE MOST VERBS,
BUT AFTER THE PECULIARS. OTHER ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY ARE WRITTEN AT THE END OF THE
SENTENCE.

I WENT THERE ONLY ONCE OR TWICE.

HE CAME HERE DAILY.

THE MEETINGS ARE HELD WEEKLY.

INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS

SOME ADVERBS ARE USED TO ASK QUESTIONS. THEY ARE INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

WHEN WILL HE COME HERE?