ENGLISH 8

Learning Recovery Lesson 5

ADVERBS

Review on Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs,

Adjectives and Adverbs
Topic 5. Adverb
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It indicates manner,
time, place,
cause, or degree and answers questions such as "How?", "When?", "Where"?, "Why?", "In what
way?", "How
much?", "How often?", "Under what condition?", "To what degree or extent?"

The easiest adverbs to recognize are those that end in -ly. Some adjectives end with -ly also
but remember that
adjectives modify only nouns and pronouns. Adverbs modify everything else.Unlike an adjective, an
adverb can be
placed anywhere in a sentence.
Examples: a. Read the book now. (adverb modifying a verb)
(verb) (adverb)
b. The room is too spacious for twenty students. (adjective)

(adverb) (adjective)
c. The lady guard shouted at him very loudly. (mod. adverb)
(adverb) (adverb)

FORMATION OF ADVERBS
1. Adverbs that end in -ly are formed by adding -ly to an adjective, a present
participle, or a past participle.
a. from an adjective
loving – lovingly creative- creatively
honest – honestly meaningful - meaningfully
responsible – responsibly wonderful- wonderfully

b. from a present participle

smiling-smilingly knowing-knowingly
willing – willingly glowing - glowingly
surprising - surprisingly

c. from a past participle

measured – measuredly broken- brokenly
assured – assuredly exaggerated – exaggeratedly
 2. When adjective ends in -able or -ible, the adverb is formed by replacing final –e with –y
horrible – horribly terrible – terribly
comfortable- comfortably noble- nobly
funny- funnily angry-angrily

3. When adjective ends in -y, the adverb is formed by replacing final -y with -ily
happy – happily lucky – luckily
healthy- healthily steady- steadily
wealthy-wealthily guilty- guiltily
funny- funnily angry-angrily

4. When adjective ends in -ic, the adverb is formed by replacing final -ic with -ically
sarcastic – sarcastically economic - economically
historic – historically tragic- tragically
dramatic- dramatically

POSITIONS OF ADVERBS

Adverbs can be placed anywhere in a sentence.

1. At the beginning of a sentence (prior to the subject)
Today, we will study adverb.
Lately, I have had lots of phone calls.
Very soon the senator will begin his speech.
Now someone has invited Glice.
Tomorrow, I’ll treat you to dinner.

2. In the middle of a sentence (between the subject and the verb)

He seldom reads his lessons at night.
I barely see him in the office.
I always sleep soundly.
Karen almost fell twice on the ice.

3. At the end of the sentence (after the verb and its object)
She drinks her medicine religiously.
I learn English slowly.
I study adverbs now.
The dog went outside.
He drove the red car carefully.
 CLASSIFICATION OF ADVERBS

1.Adverb of time - answers the question when. It usually follows a verb.

Finally, I reach my destination.

Because of her shyness, she seldom attends parties.
The teacher dismissed the class early.
Cheever and Dezmonde often see each other.
When it comes to shooting, she never missed her target.

The following are examples of adverb of time:

always early now then

again first never today
already finally often tomorrow
before late seldom

2. Adverb of Place - answers the question where.

The little boy hid inside the big box.
My gift for you is there.
Drive the mouse away.
The boy moved forward when his name was called to perform.

The following are examples of adverbs of place.

above down out below

away here there forward
back inside within up

3. Adverb of manner - answers the question how or what way. It is usually formed by adding -
ly to the adjective.
Cosmetology students cleaned our nails properly.
Slowly, he paints a picture of me.
The students-aid thoroughly cleaned the comfort room and lavatory.
Since Chikizi arrived late, he entered the examination room slowly.

The following are examples of adverb of manner.

absolutely easily properly fast

bravely honestly slowly neatly
carefully hard swiftly wildly
cheerfully lively thoroughly
gracefully motherly vividly
4. Adverb of degree - answers the question how much or how little.
That little girl is so eager to learn.
She completely forgot about her medical check-up.
"I almost perfected the battery examination", Jordan remarked.
My three-year old boy is very naughty yet too inquisitive.

The following are examples of adverb of degree.

too very so little

quite scarcely almost much
totally completely entirely rather

5. Adverb of frequency - answers the question "how often."

Kurt La Piere drinks liquor occasionally.
Tina always attends seminar about Drug Addiction.
He rarely attends Sunday mass.
Stephen constantly submits his grade sheets first.

The following are examples of adverb of frequency.

always frequently never

sometimes occasionally usually