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Adverbs

Adverbs. Liam Kirwan Rebecca Poorhady Ruth Uprichard. Adverbs are used to modify a verb , an adjective or another adverb : Rebecca sings (verb) Ruth is clever (adjective) Liam's car goes slowly (adverb) How can the examples above be modified by an adverb…?.

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Adverbs

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  1. Adverbs Liam Kirwan Rebecca Poorhady Ruth Uprichard

  2. Adverbs are used to modify averb, anadjectiveor anotheradverb: • Rebecca sings (verb) • Ruth is clever (adjective) • Liam's car goes slowly (adverb) • How can the examples above be modified by an adverb…?

  3. Adverbs are used to modify averb, anadjectiveor anotheradverb: • Rebecca sings beautifully • Ruth is clever • Liam's car goes slowly

  4. Adverbs are used to modify averb, anadjectiveor anotheradverb: • Rebecca sings beautifully • Ruth is extremely clever • Liam's car goes slowly

  5. Adverbs are used to modify averb, anadjectiveor anotheradverb: • Rebecca sings beautifully • Ruth is extremely clever • Liam's car goes incredibly slowly

  6. Adverbs provide us with additional information by answering the questions… • When? (Time) Ruth will be here soon. • How? (Manner) Liam ran quickly. • Where? (Place) Rebecca went away.

  7. A common feature of many adverbs is that they often end in ‘-ly’. More precisely, they are formed by adding ‘-ly’ to an adjective:

  8. Adverbs can also be described as frequency adverbs or degree adverbs. • Frequency (how often?) Never, always, often, sometimes, generally Rebecca often dances • Degree (how much?) very, so, too, really, quite, much Liam is too kind

  9. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs Some adverbs take comparative and superlative forms by adding the suffixes ‘-er’ and ‘-est’. • she works hard – he works harder– I work hardest

  10. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs HOWEVER, the majority of adverbs do not take these endings. Instead they form the comparative using moreand the superlative using most:

  11. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs In the formation of comparatives and superlatives, some adverbs are irregular: Simple and Compound Adverbs Adverbs can also be described as Simple such as, just, only and soonOR Compound such as somehow, therefore, whereby.

  12. Adverb Position within a Sentence Adverbs can go in 3 main positions in a sentence. Front (at the beginning of a sentence), mid (in the middle of a sentence and end (at the end of a sentence).

  13. Adverb Position within a SentenceBut for each type of adverb one position is the most common:

  14. Why may learners have difficulty understanding and using adverbs? Many adverbs end in ‘–ly’. However, this is not a hard and fast rule as is shown below: I came in here He performed well We work worked outside

  15. Why may learners have difficulty understanding and using adverbs? Some adjectives also end in ‘-ly’: Costly, deadly, friendly, kindly, likely, timely, manly and lively ALSO, some words can be both adverbs and adjectives dependant on how they are used: • I woke up early (adverb) • I am getting the early train (adjective)

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