ADVERBS

Culaban, Jillian Francess S.

Dante, Abegail H.
Uribe, Jerimae F.
ADVERBS:
-modify verbs and contribute meaning of various sorts to
sentences
-changes and enhances the meaning of the accompanying
verbs, adjectives or adverbs
-adds more information to how things are done
COMMON
direction: Jim pointed there.
TYPES location: Isabel shops locally.
manner: The choir sang joyfully at the ordination.
OF time: Soon, Rachel will retire.
frequency: We visit our friends in Detroit occasionally.
ADVERBS
STRUCTURE
Adverbs are quite flexible in
terms of their location.
 Examples:
They can occur
in the beginning Unfortunately, this summer is
of the sentence.
particularly hot.

Usually, the summer is hot and

humid.
 Examples:
auxiliary verbs (have, be): the adverb follows the verb

 The summer is usually hot and humid.

next to verb modal verbs (have, can, will, shall, may, must, might):
(medially) the adverb follows the verb
This summer will hopefully be cool and dry.

all other verbs (sleep, dance, read, want): the adverb

comes before the verb
She sometimes wishes it was not so hot.
 The placement of adverbs with respect to the verb to have
depends on whether to have is used as an auxiliary verb (part
of a verb complex), or as a main verb (standing alone and

please
meaning “possess”). When it is an auxiliary, the adverb
follows it; when it is a main verb, the adverb comes before
the verb.

note He has always been very interested

that… in technology.
She always has a pair of pliers in her
handbag.
 usually adverbs of :
frequency (answers the question how often)
 The summer is very hot usually.
end of
sentence manner (answers the question how)
She opened the envelope carefully.

time (answers the question when)

There is no rain today.
FUNCTION
Adverbs can perform a wide
range of functions: they can
modify verbs, adjectives, and
even other adverbs.
 Adverbs answer the question when, where,
how and to what extent
When: Yesterday we went to school
Adverbs Where: We saw the bird there

modifying How: The car drove fast

How much: We mostly agree with you
verbs
They also confirm if something was or was
not done
Positive: He certainly does feel that way
Negative: You should not be late
 An adverb tells as to what extent the
adjective modifies a noun

Adverbs That idea is simply ridiculous

modifying The cruise ship was incredibly huge
Adjectives
 An adverb can tell the degree of how another
adverb modifies a word
Adverbs
My sister runs very fast
modifying Almost daily my teacher gives us a quiz
adverbs
Manner adverbs are the only ones with
distinctive inflections;
they usually take the –ly ending.

EXAMPLE:

This summer will hopefully be cool

and dry.
Primary function of adverbs is to modify verbs,
as in the previous examples, but they may also
modify a whole sentence, as in the following;

Fortunately, they arrived home before too

much damage had been done.
Traditional grammars also distinguish
adverbs of degree, which modify
adjectives and other adverbs.

It is too early to plant a garden

Ben was very late to school
Modifiers are
called “intensifiers”
because they
signal the degree
of intensity of the
following word.
Adverbials.
 phrases and clauses that can occupy the same position in a
sentence as a single-word adverbs and can convey the same
meaning as adverbs
direction: Jim pointed at the constellation Pisces.
location: Isabel shops at the mall.
manner: The choir sang as if it was especially inspired.
time: Next year Rachel will retire.
frequency: We visit our friends in Detroit every once in a while.