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Adverbs are one of the four major word classes, along with nouns, verbs and adjectives. We use
adverbs to add more information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a clause or a whole
sentence and, less commonly, about a noun phrase
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Adverbs

Adverb phrases

Adverbs and adverb phrases: position

Adverbs and adverb phrases: typical errors

Adverbs: forms

Adverbs: functions

Adverbs: types

Comparison: adverbs (worse, more easily)

Degree adverbs

Time adverbs

Adverbs as discourse markers (anyway, finally)

Adverbs as short responses (definitely, certainly)

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04 Adverbs and adverb phrases: position To top 

05 At, on and in (place)

06 Open or opened?

07 Discourse markers (so, right, okay)

08 Verbs

09 As … as

10 If or whether?

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