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Adverbs

Adverbs are used to modify or describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs in a sentence.
For Example:

• He walks slowly.
• He is very intelligent.
• The race finished too quickly.

In the first sentence, the adverb ‘slowly’ is describing the verb ‘walks’, in the second sentence, the adverb ‘very’ is describing the adjective ‘intelligent’ and in the third sentence the adverb ‘too’ is describing the adverb ‘quickly’.

Types of Adverbs

There are different kinds of adverbs expressing different meaning. The following are some of the common ones.

1. Adverb of time: An adverb of time tells us when something is done or happens. We use it at the beginning or at the end of a sentence. Adverbs of time include afterwards, already, always, immediately, last month, now, soon, then, and yesterday.
Examples: 

• He collapsed and died yesterday. 
• His factory was burned down a few months ago.

2. Adverb of place: An adverb of place tells us where something is done or happens. We use it after the verb, direct object or at the end of a sentence. Adverbs of place include words such as above, below, here, outside, over there, there, under, upstairs.
Examples: 

• We can stop here for lunch. 
• The schoolboy was knocked over by a school bus.

3. Adverb of manner: An adverb of manner tells us how something is done or happens. Most adverbs of manner end in –ly such as badly, happily, sadly, slowly, quickly, and others that include well, hard, fast.
Examples: 

• The brothers were badly injured in the fight.
• They had to act fast to save the others floating in the water.

4. Adverb of degree: An adverb of degree tells us the level or extent that something is done or happens. Words of adverb of degree are almost, much, nearly, quiet, really, so, too, very, etc.
Examples: 

• It was too dark for us to find our way out of the cave.
• The referee had to stop the match when it began to rain heavily.

5. Adverb of frequency: An adverb of frequency tells us how often something is done or happens. Words used as adverbs of frequency include again, almost, always, ever, frequently, generally, hardly ever, nearly, nearly always, never, occasionally, often, rarely, seldom, sometimes, twice, usually, and weekly.
Examples: 

• They were almost fifty when they got married. 
• While overseas, he frequently phoned home.

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