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What Is An Adverb
What Is An Adverb
Examples
When? She always arrives early.
How? He drives carefully.
Where? They go everywhere together.
In what way? She eats slowly.
To what extent? It is terribly hot
There are many rules for using adverbs, and these rules often depend upon which
type of adverb you are using. Remember these basics, and using adverbs to make
sentences more meaningful will be easier for you.
Adverbs can always be used to modify verbs. Notice that the second of these two
sentences is much more interesting simply because it contains an adverb:
The dog ran. (You can picture a dog running, but you don’t really know
much more about the scene.)
The dog ran excitedly. (You can picture a dog running, wagging its tail,
panting happily, and looking glad to see its owner. You can paint a much
more interesting picture in your head when you know how or why the dog
is running.)
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Adverbs are often formed by adding the letters “-ly” to adjectives. This makes is
very easy to identify adverbs in sentences. There are many exceptions to this rule;
everywhere, nowhere, and upstairs are a few examples.
As you read the following adverb examples, you’ll notice how these useful words
modify other words and phrases by providing information about the place, time,
manner, certainty, frequency, or other circumstances of activity denoted by the
verbs or verb phrases in the sentences.
Examples of Adverbs
As you read each of the following adverb examples, note that the adverbs have
been italicized for easy identification. Consider how replacing the existing adverbs
with different ones would change the meaning of each sentence.
She was walking rapidly.
The kids love playing together in the sandbox.
Please come inside now.
His jokes are always very funny.
You don’t really care, do you?
Adverbs Exercises
The following exercises will help you gain greater understanding about how
adverbs work. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
2. During autumn, colorful leaves can be seen falling ______________ from trees.
A. Everywhere
B. Very
C. Gently
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D. Loudly
Answer: C. During autumn, colorful leaves can be seen falling gently from trees.
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Adverbs List
There are many different words that function as adverbs. The following list is
broken down into segments which list adverbs by function. After reading, you will
be able to think of additional adverbs to add to your own list – after all, there are
thousands.
Many adverbs end in “-ly”. This makes it very easy to spot the adverbs in most
sentences.
Abruptly Excitedly Naughtily Sadly
Some adverbs tell us where the action happened. These are known as adverbs of
place.
Everywhere
Here
Inside
There
Underground
Upstairs
Certain adverbs let us know when or how often the action happened. These are
known as adverbs of time and adverbs of frequency.
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Some adverbs are used as intensifiers.
Some groups of words serve the same functions as adverbs. These are known as adverb
clauses. Be sure to read the adverb clause section to learn new ways to make your
sentences even more interesting.
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Comparing adjectives
As well as serving as modifying words like beautiful and big, adjectives are also
used for indicating the position on a scale of comparison. The lowest point on the
scale is known as the absolute form, the middle point is known as the
comparative form, and the highest point is known as the superlative form.
Here are some examples:
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Words ending with ‘e‘, add ‘r‘ to the end of the word (e.g., lame → lamer).
Words with one vowel and one consonant at the end,
double the consonant and add –er to the end of the word (e.g., big → bigger).
Words with more than one vowel or more than one consonant at the end,
add –er to the end of the word (e.g., hard → harder).
Positive form
The positive form is used in cases where there are no differences between the two
compared things or persons. To form the positive, we use the word as before and
after the absolute form of the adjective.
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Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative
degrees:
Absolute Comparative Superlative
Good Better Best
Bad Worse Worst
Little Less Least
Much, many, some More Most
Compound adjectives
A compound adjective is formed when two or more adjectives are joined together
to modify the same noun. These terms should be hyphenated to avoid confusion
or ambiguity.
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You have to be open-minded about things.
Answers:B, A, A
The bank robbers tried to hatch their ill conceived plan and failed.
The bank robbers tried to hatch their ill-conceived plan and failed.
Answers:A, A, B
List of adjective
early important New high
able few large next public
bad First Last old right
big Good little other same
different great Long own small
Appearance adjectives
drab handsome plain unsightly
adorable elegant long quaint wide-eyed
beautiful fancy magnificent sparkling
clean glamorous old-fashioned ugliest
Color adjectives
yellow blue gray white
orange green purple black Red
Condition adjectives
alive dead helpful odd tender
better easy important powerful uninterested
careful famous inexpensive rich vast
clever gifted mushy shy wrong
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Personality adjectives – Positive
agreeable eager jolly obedient thankful
brave faithful kind proud victorious
calm gentle lively relieved witty
delightful happy nice silly zealous
Personality adjectives – Negative
angry embarrassed itchy nervous scary
bewildered fierce jealous obnoxious thoughtless
clumsy grumpy lazy panicky uptight
defeated helpless mysterious repulsive worried
Shape adjectives
crooked high round steep
curved hollow shallow straight
broad deep low skinny wide
chubby flat narrow square
Size adjectives
Big great little petite small
colossal huge mammoth puny tall
fat immense massive scrawny teeny
gigantic large miniature short teeny-tiny
Sound adjectives
cooing deafening melodic raspy whispering
faint noisy screeching
hissing purring thundering
loud quiet voiceless
Time adjectives
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Taste / Touch adjectives
bitter juicy melted rotten sweet weak
delicious hot nutritious salty tart wet
fresh icy prickly sticky tasteless wooden
greasy loose rainy strong uneven yummy
Quantity adjectives
abundant few heavy many sparse
empty full light numerous substantial
Touch adjectives
boiling chilly crooked damp filthy hot
breeze cold cuddly dirty flaky warm
broken cool curly dry fluffy wet
bumpy creepy damaged dusty freezing
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