ADVERB

=Unit 2 – Language Focus=

Could you mention five English adverbs? 1. WHAT DO ADVERBS DO IN ENGLISH?
Adverbs are describing words. They add
information to something else in your
sentence. Adverbs can describe many
different things.
Many of them don’t end with -ly, like these: Adverbs describing verbs

• fast - He speaks very loudly.

• too - Does everyone drive that fast in this city?
• often - I think I sound better than I did the first time.

Many adverbs aren’t just one word. Adverbs

can be two words, or even whole phrases, - I kind of enjoyed it, but it could have been
For example: better.
• last week - We talked a little, but we didn’t have time to
• in a very strange way discuss everything
• for the last six years
1. WHAT DO ADVERBS DO IN ENGLISH? 2. HOW TO FORM ENGLISH ADVERBS?
Adverbs time / place (where, when, how Forming adverbs from adjectives
often something happens)
- Let’s meet at eight o’clock. lowly
- He eats very s_______.
- She moved overseas after she graduated. • quiet quietly
- I don’t often have time to cook for myself. • nice nicely
Adverbs Describing adjectives / • clear clearly
other adverbs - Everyone was sitting quietly and reading.
- It was a really exciting trip. - He sings very nicely.
- It’s too hot in here.
- You clearly told me that you would be
- She works incredibly hard.
here at ten thirty .
Adverbs Describing situations • healthy healthily
- She’s obviously the best of the candidates • lazy lazily
we’ve seen so far. • happy happily
- Apparently, they’re not sure they want to
get married anymore. too, very, sometimes, always, here and soon
- Fortunately, we were able to recover most
of the files.
2. HOW TO FORM ENGLISH ADVERBS? Adjectives or adverbs? (adj.)
Forming adverbs from adjectives - It’s unlikely that we’ll be there on time.
- He’s really fast worker. (adj.) - I found the exam really hard. (adj.)
- He works really fast. (adv.) (adj.) - I worked really hard preparing for the
- You’re a better dancer than you used to be. exam. (adv.)
- You dance better than you used to. (adv.) - He hardly studied at all, but he got a
ugly, friendly, likely or oily high score! (adv.)
- She’s a good writer.
- She writes well. 4. WORD ORDER WITH ENGLISH
ADVERBS
3. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FIVE TYPES OF ADVERB :
ADJ ECTIVES AND ADVERBS?
• Adverbs of manner describe a verb
- fast - lazily - well (how someone to do something)
Adjectives describe nouns
• Adverbs of time / place (where or when
- Are you a good cook? something happens)
- He has a loud voice. - yesterday - here – in five minutes
- My computer is so slow! • Adverbs of frequency (how often something happens)
- often - sometimes – never
 4. WORD ORDER WITH ENGLISH 3) Adverbs of before the main
ADVERBS frequency verb (but after ’be’)
• Adverbs of degree (mostly add information to other - I usually get up early.
adjectives or adverbs)
- very - too – a little - They hardly ever talk to each other.
- He isn’t often so talkative.
• Comment adverbs (describe a whole sentence or
situation)
4) Adverbs of before the word
- unfortunately - basically – obviously degree they describe
1) Adverbs of manner After the verb /
- It’s absolutely freezing in here!
verb phrase
- She took the news very calmly.
- He drives slowly.
- She sings well.
5) Comment At the beginning
- She didn’t handle the situation well.
adverbs of the sentence
2) Adverbs of time / at the end of the - Basically, you’ve got two options.
place sentence/phrase - Eventually, we had to admit that
- Let’s leave in half an hour. things weren’t going how we
- Is there a bank nearby? expected.
- She was [here] [ten minutes ago].
2 important points which you should bear in mind : - They didn’t even tell us they’d be late.
- I’ve just spoken to her.
1) if the verb has two parts, most adverbs will
- He’s quickly becoming one of our most
go in the middle, before the main verb.
valuable team members.
Exercise - I can probably do it by next Wednesday.
- They didn’t tell us they’d be late. (even) - She hasn’t always been like that.
- I’ve spoken to her. (just)
- He’s becoming one of our most valuable 2) There can be more than one possible position
team members. (quickly) for an adverb. .
- I can do it by next Wednesday. (probably) - He can be very moody sometimes.
- She hasn’t been like that. (always) - Sometimes, he can be very moody.
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