Adverb
We know that 'Parts of Speech' is classification of all the words into eight groups based on their nature and function in the sentence : Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective, Preposition, Conjunction & Interjection .
Adverb is a word which is often misunderstood and wrongly used. Here is a simple note on Adverb with illustrious examples.
An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. It
"qualifies" or "modifies" a verb (The man ran quickly). In the
following examples, the adverb is in bold and the verb that it modifies is in italics.
- John speaks loudly. (How does John
speak?)
- Afterwards she smoked a cigarette.
(When did she smoke?)
- Mary lives locally. (Where does
Mary live?)
But adverbs can also modify adjectives (Tara is really beautiful), or
even other adverbs (It works very well).
Look at these examples:
- Modify
an adjective:
- He is really handsome. (How handsome is he?)
- That was extremely kind of you. - Modify
another adverb:
- She drives incredibly slowly. (How slowly does she drive?)
- He drives extremely fast.
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We make many adverbs by adding -ly to an
adjective, for example:
There are some basic rules about spelling for -ly adverbs. See
the table
below:
But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. The words friendly, lovely, lonely
and neighbourly,for example, are all adjectives.
And some adverbs have no particular form. Look at these
examples:
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Adverbs have other functions, too. They can:
- Modify a whole sentence: Obviously, I can't know everything.
- Modify a prepositional phrase: It's immediately inside the door.
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