Adjectives vs adverbs

Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns.

Hana is a clever girl. She is a clever girl.
Yousif is a hard- working student. He is a hard- working student.

Adverbs modify 3 things:

1. Verbs
2. Adjectives
3. Adverbs
Form of adverbs
Regular adverbs are formed by adding ly to the adjective
Hana answered the questions cleverly.
She danced gracefully.
However, there are some irregular adverb forms

Adjective Irregular adverb

Good Well
Fast Fast
Hard Hard
Early Early
Late Late
Further Further

He is a good speaker of English. He speaks English well.

How does he speak English? He speaks well.
He is a hard worker (adj). He works hard. (adv.)
She is a fast runner (adj). She runs fast (adv.)
Early birds get cheaper tickets (adj.). He arrived at the meeting early.
He is always a late comer. He always comes late.
Don’t come before further notice. Don’t go further.
 1. Adverbs modifying verbs
An adverb tells you how, where, when, how often a verb happens.
He walked slowly. How did he walk? Slowly (adverb showing how/ adverb of manner)
He left in the morning. When did he leave? In the morning (adverb of time)
He went to the Stadium? Where did he go? To the stadium (adverb of place)
He usually visits his parents on Friday. How often does he visit his parents? Usually on
Friday (adverb of frequency)

2. Adverbs modifying adjectives

Adverbs of degree modify adjectives
(a little, rather, quite, fairly, very, really, extremely, absolutely, completely)
Adv. Adj. n.
She got a very good mark.
Adv. Adj.
His mark was extremely high.

Adv. Adj.
The movie was rather boring.

3. Adverbs modifying adverbs

Adv. Adv
He ran extremely fast.

Adv. Adv.
She answered very well.