YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT

oTHE DEFINITION OF ADVERBS

oTYPES OF ADVERBS

oCOMPARISON OF ADVERBS

oORDER OF ADVERBS

THE DEFINITION

Adverbs are words that modify:

• a verb ( He drives slowly )

• an adjective ( David is extremely clever)

• another adverb ( She moved very slowly down the aisle )

• a whole sentence ( Luckily, the car stopped in time )

Adverbs often tell when , where , why , how or how much something happens or happened.

Type Example Answer the question

Other adverbs

Adverb of manner She sings beautifully

How ? Slowly , clearly , easily

Adverb of place The concert was held outdoors

Where ? Away , here , up , there

Adverb of time I’ll see you tomorrow

When ? Later , now , soon

Adverb of frequency

I never arrive late How often? Always , usually , forever

Adverb of degree It was too hot! How much? Extremely, so , very , almost

Many adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an adjective

Adjective slow beautiful quiet easy specific

Adverb slowly beautifully quietly easily specifically

Note :There are some adjectives also end in –ly, including costly, manly, deadly, friendly, lively, and timely.

These are not adverbs

Forming comparative and superlative adverbsLy adverbs:

Adjective Adverb Comparative adverb Superlative adverb

quiet quietly less quietly than the most quietly

careful carefully more carefully than the least carefully

happy happily more happily than the most happily

I speak English more fluently now than last year.

She visited one of the most quietly beautiful places on earth.

He drives less carefully than his brother.

Adjective Adverb Comparative adverb

Superlative adverb

hard hard harder than the hardest

fast fast faster than the fastest

early early earlier than the earliest

Other adverbs :

He worked harder than ever before.

The earliest we could arrive there is 7:30.

He came earlier than always.

Con you tell me where is the adjective and where is the adverb?!

I’ll catch the early train.

I woke up early this morning.

This is the adj. because it comes before the noun.

This is the adv. because it comes after the verb.

Adjective Adverb Comparative adverb

Superlative adverb

good well better than the best

bad badly worse than the worst

far far further/farther than

the furthest/farthest

Irregular adverbs :

He walked farther than me.

Our team played worst of all.

She can dance much better than she has!

Position of adverbs : Adverb of manner :

- It comes after the verb or at the end of the sentence. She sneaks quietly out of the house. Their teacher speaks quietly.

Adverb of time : - It usually comes at the end of the sentence. I will tell you the story tomorrow. - But if you want to put more emphasis, you should put it at the beginning of the sentence. Tomorrow, I will tell you the story .

• Adverb of place : - It comes after the object. I didn’t see him here. - If there is no object, it comes after the main verb. He stayed behind.

Adverb of degree : - It comes before what it modifies. The exam was so difficult . It was too hot.

Adverb of frequency : - It comes before the main verb. I always get up at 6:00. - Or between the auxiliary and the main verb. He doesn’t always play tennis. Mandy can usually play football on Sundays. - Or after the verb to be. Susan is never late.Note: The adverbs often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can also go at the beginning of the sentence. Sometimes, I go swimming. -The adverbs rarely and seldom can go at the end of a sentence. He eats fish very seldom .

Order of adverbs: There is a basic order in which adverbs will appear when there is more than one

verb manner place frequency time

Dad walks impatiently into town every afternoon

before supper

to get a newspaper

Exercise:

1- Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill the gap with the adverb:

•Joanne is happy. She smiles……………..•The boy is loud. He shouts…………….•Her English is fluent. She speaks English…………….. •Our mum was angry. She spoke to us…………..•My neighbor is a careless driver. He drives…………….•The painter is awful. He paints ………….•Jim is a wonderful piano player. He plays the piano……………..•This girl is very quiet. She often sneaks out of the house……………•She is a good dancer. She dances really………….•This exercise is simple. You……….. have to put one word in each space.

happily

loudlyfluently

angrilycarelessly

awfullywonderfully

quietly

well

simply

2- Rewrite each sentence with the adverb in brackets in its correct position:

1) Our friends must write a test. (also)

2) I was joking. (only)

3) Did you enjoy the flight? (both)

4) Mary watches TV. (hardly ever)

5) He drives his car. (carefully)

6) The children play football. (well)

7) We went to the cinema. (yesterday)

8) John fell off the bike. (almost)

9) Her boyfriend will buy her some flowers. (probably)

10) My uncle is moving to Stockholm soon. (definitely)

For further practice, go to:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbshttp://theenglishcafe.blogspot.com.es/search/label

/Adverbshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/adverbshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglis

h/flatmates/episode85/languagepoint.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/cou

rse/lower-intermediate/unit-4/session-2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/cou

rse/lower-intermediate/unit-4/session-3