the adverb
The
adverb, the fifth part of speech, modifies (qualifies or limits) verbs,
adjectives, or other adverbs. An adverb can answer any of these four
questions—Where? When? How? To what extent?
➲
Adverbs modify verbs:
Henry swam brilliantly. (How did Henry swim?)
The train then came down the line. (When did the train come down
the line?)
The runner fell down. (Where did the runner fall?)
➲ Adverbs modify adjectives:
The day was almost perfect. (To what extent was the day perfect?)
Some older people were quite happy with the club’s proposal. (How
happy were they?)
➲ Adverbs modify adverbs:
Sonny, swallow your food very slowly. (How slowly should Sonny
swallow his food?)
The architect worked quite methodically. (How methodically did the
architect work?)
Though many adverbs end with -ly, these thirty-three adverbs below
do not.
| again | almost | alone | already | also |
always | away | even | ever | here |
just | later | never | not | now |
nowhere | often | perhaps | quite | rather |
seldom | so | sometimes | somewhat | somewhere |
soon | then | there | today | too |
very | yesterday | yet |
Notes
Practical English Grammar - Notes
11. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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31. the participle and participial phrase
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38. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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42. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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43. agreement involving prepositional phrases
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44. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
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49. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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