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ADVERBS
ADVERB 2

We use adverbs in the following cases:


• To tell us more about
actions (verbs). They show
HOW,
• WHERE or WHEN something
is done.
• E.g. She walked slowly.
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•To relate to adjectives.


They may strengthen or
weaken
•the adjectives.
•E.g. She had a
terribly difficult day.
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To relate to whole
sentences.

E.g. Luckily it
didn’t rain
TYPES OF ADVERBS 5
Manner quietly, fast, gently, slowly, well

Place away, down, anywhere, round,


there
Time daily, monthly, tomorrow,
immediately, now
Frequency often, frequently, sometimes,
always, never
Whole Sentence obviously, perhaps, possibly,
luckily
Degree quite, very, hardly, rather,
completely
• Adverbs of Place 6
• (e.g.: here, there, behind,
above)
• Like adverbs of manner,
these adverbs are put
behind the direct object or
the verb.
SUBJECT VERB/S DIRECT ADVERB
OBJECT
I didn’t see him here
He stayed behind
OTHER ADVERBS OF PLACE
• Adverbs of Place
• Somewhere outdoors 7
• Upstairs
• Beyond anywhere
• Under
• Outside abroad
• Above
• Eastwards overseas
• Between here
• Indoors in the middle of
ADVERBS OF TIME
(E.G.: RECENTLY, NOW, THEN,
YESTERDAY)
ADVERBS OF TIME ARE
USUALLY PUT AT THE END OF
THE SENTENCE.
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Indirect Direct
Subject Verb(s) Time
object object
the tomorrow
I will tell you
story .
OTHER ADVERBS OF TIME
• Adverbs of Time
• Later eventually
• Just
• Tonight early
• Soon
• Yet already
• Next week
• This year tomorrow
• still 9
POSITION OF ADVERBS 1
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• If you don't want to put
emphasis on the time, you can
also put the adverb of time at
the beginning of the
sentence..
Indirect Direct
Time Subject Verb(s)
object object
the
Tomorrow I will tell you
story.
PRACTICE EXERCISES 1
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Sort the adverbs and
tell whether they are
adverbs of time or
place.
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ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY

•Construct 5 sentences
using adverbs of time
and 5 sentences using
adverbs of place.

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3
1
4
ADVERBS
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5

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