Adverbs
What is adverb?
-a word or
phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word
group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause,
degree, etc.
Example:
Joan easily
lifted the barbell.
She
moved quite slowly down the aisle.
Kinds
of Adverbs
Adverbs
of Time
Adverbs that
indicate time. They show the time an action took place.
Examples:
• Snape comes to our house daily.
• Voldemort was killed yesterday.
• Hermione tries to get back before dark.
Adverbs
of Frequency
Adverbs
shows how often something happens.
Examples:
• Ron has already asked me about him three times.
• Harry always annoys me.
• Aunt Emma has not seen our neighbor not even once.
Adverbs
of Place
Adverbs of
place answer the question where. It indicates the place something happens.
Examples:
• That dog
follows that old lady everywhere.
• The parson
went away.
• She
still lives there now.
Adverbs
of Manner
Adverbs of
manner show in what manner a particular action is done.
Examples:
• She wrote
the letter clearly.
• They sang
the song loudly.
• That man
has worked hard to make the meeting a success.
Adverbs
of Degree
Adverbs of
degree are also known as Adverbs of
Quantity. This type of adverbs show in what degree or how
much or to what extent an action was done.
Examples:
• I am partly wrong
about him.
• The cake
is almost baked.
• The room is fully ready
for the gathering.
Adverbs
of Reason
Adverbs of
reason present the reason for some action to happen.
Examples:
• Her mother
is ill. She, therefore, could not leave her mother.
• One of them
tore his coat. They, thus, found their way into that shop that day.
Adverbials
It is an adverb or an adverbial phrase or an adverbial clause that modifies or tells us something about the sentence or the verb. The word adverbial itself is also used as an adjective, meaning "having the same function as an adverb".
Examples:
- Danny speaks fluently. (telling more about the verb)
- Lorna ate breakfast yesterday morning. (telling when the verb's action occurred)
Adverbials are typically divided into four classes:
Adverbial complements are adverbials that render a sentence ungrammatical and meaningless if removed.
Example: John put the flowers in the water.
Adjuncts - these are part of the core meaning of the sentence, but if omitted still leave a meaningful sentence.
Example: John and Sophia helped me with my homework.
Conjuncts - these link two sentences together.
Example: John helped therefore I was able to do my homework.
I'm all out of eggs; however, I can still make us nice break.
Disjuncts - these make comments on the meaning of the rest of the sentence.
Example: Surprisingly, he passed all of his exams.
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