:Parts of Speech:

Adverb And Types of Adverb

Definition of An Adverb :
• “a word that adds more information about place, time, manner, cause
or degree to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb.”
• “a word that describes or gives more information about a verb,
adjective, adverb, or phrase.”
Examples for an adverb:
• Normally, we go to church on Sundays.
• Can I come home tomorrow?
• I am extremely sorry for the delay.
• He plays the flute beautifully.
• He asked me to leave the house quietly.
Types of An Adverb:
• Adverbs of Manner
• Adverbs of Time
• Adverbs of Place
• Adverbs of Frequency
• Adverbs of Degree
• Conjunctive Adverbs
1] Adverbs of manner:
• An adverb that shows how someone does something or how
something happens.
• For example,
• 1) Deepika deeply regretted the damage caused by her son.
• 2) They waited eagerly for their semester exam results.
2] Adverbs of time:
• an adverb of time “can tell us about when an action happens or how
frequently an action happens”
• For example,
• 1) I will be going to my cousin’s place tomorrow.
• 2) Yesterday, Teena met Anu at the supermarket.
3] Adverbs of place:
• Adverbs that are employed in a sentence to describe the location or
the place where an action is taking place are called adverbs of place.
• For example,
• 1) The boy was asked to keep the cups here.
• 2) Are you going out today?
4] Adverbs of frequency:
• An adverb of frequency is a word that is employed in a sentence to
give more information about the verb, adjective or another adverb.
• “the number of times something happens within a particular period,
or the fact of something happening often or a large number of times.”
• For example,
• 1) Virat often likes to have food from hotels.
• 2) Rohit always buys groceries from the supermarket.
5] Adverbs of degree:
• An adverb of degree is employed in a sentence to depict the intensity
or degree of an adjective, verb or another adverb.
• For example,
• 1) Gowtham had almost completed his work.
• 2) The class is unusually quiet today.
6] Conjunctive adverbs:
• A conjunctive adverb is a part of speech that is an adverb by design
but has the characteristic of a conjunction. It can be used to link
different clauses or sentences, to show cause and effect, sequence,
and contrast between the two clauses or sentences.
• For example,
• 1) Aaron went to many stationery stores in that area; however, he did
not find what he was looking for.
• 2) The computer I am thinking of buying does not meet my
expectations; besides, it is very expensive.
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• Prepared by: Kulkarni Ananth Padmanabh