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Adverb

An adverb is a word or an expression that modifies a verb, adjective, determiner, clause, preposition  or sentence.
Adverbs often tell when, where, why, or under what conditions something happens or happened. We often use more and most, less and least to show degree with adverbs.
Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective. If the adjective already ends in -y, the -y usually changes to -i.
There are, however, many common adverbs that do not end in -ly, such as again, also,  just, never,  often, soon, today, too, very, and well.
Examples

• Rohan ran quickly.
• She is walking slowly due to injury.
• The lion is roaring angrily.
• My son calls me regularly.
• She is still inside the house.

Examples of Adverbs

Types of Adverbs

• Adverb of Manner
• Adverb of Place
• Adverb of Time
• Adverbs of degree
• Adverb of frequency

(i) Adverb of Manner
Adverbs of manner are used to tell us the way or how something is done.Adverbs of manner are usually placed after the main verb or after the object.

Examples

• The airplane landed safely on the runway.
• She plays harmonium beautifully.
• Our driver drives the car carefully.
• Seema performed badly in exams.
• The child ran towards his mother happily.

(ii) Adverb of Place
An adverb of place always talks about the location where the action of the verb is being carried out.
Adverbs of place are normally placed after a sentence’s object or main verb.
Adverbs of place refer to distance , direction and an object’s position in relation to another object.
Adverbs of place are Up, down, around, away, north, south, east, west, Nearby, far ,away, miles , Below, between, above, behind, through, around , Toward, forward, backward, homeward, westward, eastwards ,there, here, underneath, beyond, inside, outside, across etc.

Examples

• The dog is hiding under the table.
• Put the books there.
• I searched everywhere but could not found the ring.
• The ships sailed westwards.
• If the tickets are not numbered, it means you can sit anywhere.

(iii) Adverb of Time
Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened,  for how long, and how often.
Adverbs of time have standard positions in a sentence depending on what the adverb of time is telling us. They are usually placed at the end of the sentence. Adverbs that tell us for how long are also usually placed at the end of the sentence.
In the adverbial phrases that tell us for how long, for is always followed by an expression of duration, while since is always followed by an expression of a point in time.
Adverbs of time are tomorrow, yesterday, today, now, then, tonight, yearly, monthly , weekly, quarterly, before, early, first, last, later, previously, recently, next, just, soon, yet, often, rarely, sometimes , regularly, usually, always, constantly, never, since, hourly, daily, frequently, occasionally etc.
Examples:

• Mohit met Sheena yesterday.
• I will talk to Sohan later.
• I usually come home after 8:00 p.m.
• I always do my work on time.
• Susan is never late for work.

(iv) Adverb of degree
Adverb of degree tells us about the intensity or degree of an action, an adjective or an adverb.
Adverbs of degree are usually placed before the adjective, adverb, or verb that they modify,
Almost, nearly , quite, just, too, enough, very, hardly, completely, enormously, fully, least, less, little, hardly,  entirely, extremely, moderately ,deeply, fully, totally are common adverbs of degree.
Examples

• The weather is extremely cold today.
• The tortoise is walking too slowly.
• Are you sure you’ve studied enough to pass the exam?
• The baby had almost finished the milk.
• My house is fully furnished.

(v) Adverb of frequency
An adverb of frequency describes how often something takes place.
The adverbs of frequency that we use in English are always, usually (or normally), often, sometimes, seldom , occasionally, frequently, regularly, rarely, and never.
Examples

• I never listen to a loud music.
• I usually get up late on holiday.
• You are seldom anxious about my health.
• We read books occasionally.
• We see them rarely.