The Adverg
What is an adverb in the English grammar? Generally, it is any word that modifies any other part of language. Adverbs are used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb:
- Peter sings beautifully.
- Angus is extremely clever.
- My teacher speaks incredibly fast.
The adverb beautifully tells us how Peter sings. Extremely tells us the degree to which Angus is clever. The adverb incredibly tells us how fast the teacher speaks.
There are several different categories of adverbs in the English language:
| adverbs of manner | slowly, awfully, fantastically, nicely, easily ... The ship moved slowly into the harbour. | how? |
|---|---|---|
| adverbs of place and time | here, there, everywhere ...; today, yesterday ... I met Christine here yesterday. | where? when? |
| adverbs of frequency | always, often, frequently, hardly (ever), never, usually, sometimes, occasionally ... Maria always does her homework. | how often? |
| adverbs of degree | fairly, rather, very, really, quite Anna plays the guitar rather well. | how (well)? |
| sentence adverbials | actually, fortunately, luckily, frankly, unfortunately Unfortunately, I fell and broke my arm. |
Formation of adverbs
Usually, the adverbs of manner are formed in the following way: adjective + ly
| adjective | adverb | adjective | adverb |
| slow | slowly | basic | basically |
| awful | awfully | fantastic | fantastically |
| „adjectives ending with -ly" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| lucky | luckily | terrible | terribly |
| heavy | heavily | simple | simply |
| Exceptions! | |||
| shy | shyly | dry | dryly |
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