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Adverbs are words that say something about verbs. They tell us when, where, how, in what way, or to what extent an action is performed. Some examples:
He ran yesterday (when) He ran here (where) He ran quickly (how) He ran barefoot (in what way) He ran fastest (to what extent) Adverbs can also say something about adjectives and other adverbs. For example: She is an extremely nice girl ( extremely = adverb, nice = adjective) He can jump extremely high ( extremely =adverb, high = adverb) Many adverbs end in ly — particularly those that are used to express how an action is performed.
Although many adverbs end ly, lots do not, e.g., fast, never, well, very, most, least, more, less, now, far, and there. We have four groups of adverbs
Adverbs of Time - Words that lells us when something happends. Open the door now I have never tasted coffee. I talk to him daily. Adverbs of Place Words that tells us where something is. There were snow everywhere. I did not put it there. Adverbs of Manner (how something is done) He climbed that tree easily. The snail moved slowly Adverbs of Degree That is the farthest I have ever jumped. He balanced more stedely . |
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1. Main page 1 . Atricles 2 . Nouns 3 . Verbs 4 . Adjectives 5 . Adverbs 6 . Determiners 7 . It and There 8 . Concord 9. Genitive 10.Preposition |