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.
• It is usually end with -ly however there are adverb without -ly such as very, more
and less.
• To indicate the time, manner, place, degree and frequency of something

Adverbs are used to modify

• Adverb modifying a verb:

• Vicky walks gracefully.

• Adverb modifying an adjective

• She wore a beautifully designed dress.

• Adverb modifying an adverb

• Eric finished his essay remarkably quickly.

Adverb of Time

• It indicates the ‘when’ in the sentence.

• Example:
She drank the milk two days ago.
Elisa boarded on the train, yesterday.
They drink the milk tea last Sunday.

• Other examples of adverbs of time are:

Early Recently
Earlier Previously
Before Next
Already Later
Yet Lately
Still Late
Soon Last
Since Just
Formerly Finally
First Eventually
Adverbs of Place

• It indicates the ‘where’ in the sentence.

• Example:
The toddler ran there.
We bought the couch here.
The match happens in oversea.

• Other Examples of Adverb of Place are:

behind downstairs back

there upstairs up
down east (etc) far
out above anywhere
near away towards
abroad off where
indoors nearby over
under inside here
on elsewhere backward
in about below
outside

Adverbs of Manner

• It indicates the ‘how’ in the sentence.

• Example:
Ryan drives his car slowly.
They carefully put the box down.
The winning team celebrate their win excitedly.
• Other examples of Adverb of Manner are:

Calmly Lazily Openly

Carefully Loudly Perfectly
Promptly Badly Politely
Quickly Frantically Justly
Easily Noisily Kindly
Elegantly Madly Neatly
Equally Cruelly Powerfully
Rapidly Stupidly Boldly