ADVERBS

“An Adverb is a word/set of words used to modify (give us more information about) a
verb, an adjective or even another adverb.

Example:
 She runs quickly.
(Here, the adverb quickly modifies the verb runs.)
 She is an extremely quick runner.
(Here, the adverb extremely modifies the adjective quick.)
 She runs extremely quickly.
(Here, the adverb extremely modifies the adverb quickly.)
 She Drove Slowly.
(Here, the adverb slowly modifies the verb drove)
 She Drove a very fast car.
(Here, the adverb modifies an adjective.)
 She moved quite slowly down the aisle.
(Here, the adverb modifies another adverb.)

TYPES OF ADVERB :-

The adverbs has following four types:

1. Adverb of Manner.
2. Adverb of Place.
3. Adverb of Time.
4. Adverb of Frequency.

1. Adverb of Manner

An adverb of manner explains how an action is carried out. They are usually
positioned after the main verb or after the object.
e.g. (Nicely, carefully, softly, harshly, sadly, Greedily, angrily etc.)
Very often adverbs of manner are adjectives with -ly added to the end.)
Examples-
 She was happily with her toys.
 Rahul was driving carelessly.
 The kids were watching the television very carefully.
 She came inside quickly.

2. Adverb of Place.

The adverb of place expresses the place of occurrence of an action or where

something happens.
e.g (somewhere, everywhere, inside, ahead, over, there etc.)
They are sometimes known as spatial adverbs, and tells us where an action
happens.

Examples-
 They travelled down the mountain side.
 Tamil Nadu is located in the south of India.
 Please come inside.
 Someone is standing outside.
 She lives somewhere in London.

3. Adverb of Time.

The adverb of time tells us when an action occurs or how often. These adverbs
state the time of occurrence of the action.
e.g. (now, today, tomorrow, yesterday, tonight, later, already
etc.)Adverb of time are usually placed at the end of the
sentence.

Examples-
 I called him today.
 She is going to Chennai tomorrow.
 I am still waiting for my mother.
 Riya forgot her bag yesterday and again today.
 Are you going tonight?
4. Adverb of Frequency.

Adverb of frequency express how often something, or an action occurs. It gives

an idea about the frequency of the occurrence of the event.
e.g. (usually, daily, weekly, yearly, always, sometimes, never, occasionally etc.)
The adverbs of frequency are usually placed after the main verb or between the
auxiliary and infinitive verb.

Examples-
 He always helps me.
 She keeps calling me again and again.
 I play badminton regularly.
 We receive our salaries monthly.
 He usually sleeps in the day.

POSITION OF ADVERBS

One of the quality of adverbs is their ability to move around in a sentence. The rules
are different depending on , if the adverb is acting to modify the verb or another
adverb, an adjective or what type of adverb it is.

Positioning of adverb with other adverbs and adjectives.

These adverbs are usually positioned before the another adverb or
adjective being modified or changed:

 We gave them a really tough competition. adverb ‘really’ qualifies or

modifies the adjective ‘tough’.
 It was quite windy that night. Adverb ‘quite’ modifies or qualifies the
adjective ‘windy’.
 We do not go to the park very often. The Adverb ‘very’ modifies or
qualifies the adverb ‘often.’

The positioning of adverbs with verb.

This depends on the type of the adverb – position, place, time etc. , There
are many exceptions to these rules. Though, a very basic set of guidelines
is mentioned here:
The Adverbs of place or manner are usually placed at the very end of the
sentence/statement:
  She laughed timidly.
 I stroked the cat gently.
 Shanaya lived there.
 There are dogs everywhere.

When the adverb is of definite time, it is positioned at the end of the

statement/sentence.

 I did it today.
 We can discuss it tonight.
 Let’s go to Chicago next week.

However, when the adverb is of an indefinite period of time, it will go

between the subject and main verb.

 We often go to Chicago in the springtime.

 Paulina regularly swims here.
 Sheena and Ronny always loved fishing by the lake.

COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

Comparison degrees of adverbs are Positive, Comparative and superlative.

 The Adverbs of one syllable form their comparative degree by adding ‘-er’ and
their superlative by adding ‘-est’ to the positive degree.

Positive Comparative Superlative

Near Nearer Nearest

Short Shorter Shortest

 The Adverbs ending in ‘-ly- form their comparative by adding more and their
superlative by adding most:

Positive Comparative Superlative

Gently More gently most gently

Bravely More bravely most bravely

  The Adverbs form their comparison degrees in irregular ways

Positive Comparative Superlative

Much More Most

Late Later Last

LIST OF ADVERBS

 Boldly
 Carefully
 Deliberately
 Terribly
 Sadly
 Inside
 Outside
 Everywhere
 Anywhere
 Here
 There
 Later
 Now
 Today
 Tonight
 Always
 Before
 Almost
 Enough
 Very
 Completely
 Really
 Absolutely
 Randomly
 Cheerfully