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Types of Adverbs
Comparison of Adverbs
Forming Adverbs from Adjectives
An adverb is usually placed after the verb when it is used in a sentence as follow:
He called yesterday.
The train will arrive soon.
They struggled hard to reach the top.
The patient is sleeping soundly.
Some words can be both adverbs and adjectives as follow: far, hard, andlong. It is important to
distinguish how they are used.
I dont live far away from here. (Adverb)
Where I live isnt far from here. (Adjective)
She worked quite hard. (Adverb)
She found the work quite hard. (Adjective)
If we exercise regularly, we may live longer. (Adverb)
If we exercise regularly, we may live longer lives. (Adjective)
1. Types of Adverbs
Adverb of Time This shows when an action or something is done or happens. It answers
the question "When?" It is either placed at thebeginning or at the end of a sentence.
When they are at the beginning, they are often emphasized.
Adverb of Place This shows where an action or something is done or happens. It answers
the question "Where?" Such adverbs are placed after the verb.
Example: I live here. / He fell down. / They are talking outside. / He walkedin.
Example: We met her in the zoo.
Example: They like to walk along the river.
Adverb of Manner This shows how an action or something is done. It answers the
question "How?" The adverb is placed just after the verb when it is used in a sentence.
Adverb of Degree or Quantity This answers the questions, "To what degree?" or "How
much?" It is usually placed before the adjective and the adverb.
Adverb of Frequency This answers the question "How often?"Adverbs of frequency are
very important because we often use them. Examples of these adverbs include: never,
rarely, seldom, hardly ever, occasionally, sometimes, generally, usually, frequently,
nearly always, often and ever. Also included are: quite, just, already, almost and
nearly.
Affirmative Adverb (yes) and Adverb of negation (No) - examples of this adverb
includes: yes, surely, certainly, indeed, by all means, no,not at all, by no means.
Example: I hope my parent just for once will say yes to my latest idea.
Example: You must have heard about the haunted house surely?
Example: Certainly we'll try to rid this place of the foul odour.
Example: It would indeed help if I had a bodyguard.
Example: By all means eat whatever you want, but I think you will not be able to finish all the
food.
Example: Oh no, not another breakdown at the traffic lights?
Example: It is not at all certain that the match will take place.
Example: It is by no means easy that we will finish it soon.
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These words are the same in form as Interrogative Adverbs; but they are not questions.
Example: The time when he arrived is still unknown.
Example: The scene where the accident occurred is close to the hospital.
Example: He is the only one who knows how to do it.
Example: Nobody knows why he left in such a hurry.
2. Comparison of Adverbs
Similar to the comparison of adjectives, adverbs have three degrees of comparison
the Positive, the Comparative and the Superlative. Mostadverbs which end in '-ly' form
the Comparative with 'more' and theSuperlative with 'most'.
Positive
Comparative
more
comfortably
comfortably
happily
more happily
kindly
more kindly
loudly
more loudly
noisily
more noisily
Positive
bad, badly
little
much
well
Comparative
worse
less
more
better
Superlative
most
comfortably
most happily
most kindly
most loudly
most noisily
Superlative
worst
least
most
best
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS
abrupt
abruptly
lawful
lawfully
absolute
absolutely
lazy
lazily
accidental
accidentally
light
lightly
active
actively
lone
lonely
actual
actually
loud
loudly
adamant
adamantly
lucky
luckily
additional
additionally
mad
madly
affectionate
affectionately
main
mainly
angry
angrily
mannish
mannishly
annual
annually
magic
magically
anxious
anxiously
mental
mentally
apparent
apparently
merciful
mercifully
appreciative
appreciatively
mere
merely
apprehensive
apprehensively
merry
merrily
appropriate
appropriately
momentary
momentarily
approving
approvingly
monthly
monthly
approximate
approximately
narrow
narrowly
apt
aptly
natural
naturally
ardent
ardently
near
nearly
arduous
arduously
neat
neatly
arguable
arguably
nebulous
nebulously
attentive
attentively
necessary
necessarily
audible
audibly
needless
needlessly
awkward
awkwardly
nervous
nervously
bad
badly
new
newly
beautiful
beautifully
nice
nicely
bitter
bitterly
nightly
nightly
boastful
boastfully
noisy
noisily
bold
boldly
obedient
obediently
brave
bravely
occasional
occasionally
brief
briefly
open
openly
bright
brightly
oppressive
oppressively
brutal
brutally
optimistic
optimistically
busy
busily
oral
orally
calm
calmly
outward
outwardly
careful
carefully
painful
painfully
careless
carelessly
partial
partially
casual
casually
particular
particularly
cautious
cautiously
passionate
passionately
certain
certainly
patent
patently
cheap
cheaply
patient
patiently
cheerful
cheerfully
peaceful
peacefully
clean
cleanly
perfect
perfectly
clear
clearly
permanent
permanently
clever
cleverly
personal
personally
close
closely
pessimistic
pessimistically
comfortable
comfortably
physical
physically
complete
completely
pious
piously
conclusive
conclusively
playful
playfully
conscious
consciously
pleasant
pleasantly
constant
constantly
polite
politely
continual
continually
poor
poorly
continuous
continuously
popular
popularly
copious
copiously
possible
possibly
correct
correctly
posthumous
posthumously
courteous
courteously
pretty
prettily
crooked
crookedly
previous
previously
cruel
cruelly
primary
primarily
cunning
cunningly
private
privately
curious
curiously
probable
probably
dangerous
dangerously
problematic
problematically
daring
daringly
promiscuous
promiscuously
dear
dearly
proper
properly
deep
deeply
proud
proudly
definite
definitely
punctual
punctually
deliberate
deliberately
pure
purely
delightful
delightfully
puritanical
puritanically
dim
dimly
purposeless
purposelessly
dirty
dirtily
quick
quickly
double
doubly
quiet
quietly
dull
dully
rapid
rapidly
eager
eagerly
rare
rarely
easy
easily
rational
rationally
economic
economically
ready
readily
efficient
efficiently
real
really
enjoyable
enjoyably
recent
recently
enormous
enormously
regular
regularly
entire
entirely
ridiculous
ridiculously
essential
essentially
rough
roughly
eternal
eternally
rude
rudely
ethical
ethically
sad
sadly
ethnic
ethnically
safe
safely
etymological
etymologically
satisfactory
satisfactorily
euphemistic
euphemistically
savage
savagely
evasive
evasively
secret
secretly
even
evenly
seeming
seemingly
eventual
eventually
sentimental
sentimentally
evident
evidently
separate
separately
exorbitant
exorbitantly
serene
serenely
extreme
extremely
serial
serially
faithful
faithfully
serious
seriously
fastidious
fastidiously
severe
severely
fatal
fatally
shaky
shakily
fearful
fearfully
shameful
shamefully
fierce
fiercely
shameless
shamelessly
final
finally
sheepish
sheepishly
financial
financially
shy
shyly
first
firstly
significant
significantly
foolish
foolishly
silent
silently
forgetful
forgetfully
simple
simply
fortunate
fortunately
sincere
sincerely
free
freely
single-handed
single-handedly
frequent
frequently
skilful
skillfully
friendly
friendily
sleepy
sleepily
frightful
frightfully
slight
slightly
full
fully
slow
slowly
general
generally
soft
softly
generous
generously
sole
solely
gentle
gently
sound
soundly
gentleman
gentlemanly
special
specially
genuine
genuinely
steadfast
steadfastly
glad
gladly
steady
steadily
graceful
gracefully
stealthy
stealthily
gradual
gradually
strange
strangely
grim
grimly
strong
strongly
grudging
grudgingly
stupid
stupidly
gruelling
gruellingly
subtle
subtly
gruesome
gruesomely
successful
successfully
half-yearly
half-yearly
sudden
suddenly
haphazard
haphazardly
sure
surely
happy
happily
surprising
surprisingly
hard
hardly
sweet
sweetly
harsh
harshly
swift
swiftly
hasty
hastily
tactical
tactically
hateful
hatefully
tactless
tactlessly
heavy
heavily
terrible
terribly
helpful
helpfully
terrifying
terrifyingly
helpless
helplessly
terse
tersely
high
highly
thankful
thankfully
holistic
holistically
thorough
thorougly
honest
honestly
thoughtful
thoughtfully
honourable
honourably
thoughtless
thoughtlessly
hopeful
hopefully
total
totally
horrible
horribly
tremendous
tremendously
hourly
hourly
tremulous
tremulously
hungry
hungrily
true
truly
hypothetical
hypothetically
truthful
truthfully
hysterical
hysterically
unacceptable
unacceptably
immaculate
immaculately
unarguable
unarguably
immediate
immediately
understandable
understandably
impatient
impatiently
undoubted
undoubtedly
individual
individually
unexpected
unexpectedly
inescapable
inescapably
untruthful
untruthfully
inestimable
inestimably
unusual
unusually
inevitable
inevitably
urbane
urbanely
inexorable
inexorably
urgent
urgently
infallible
infallibly
usual
usually
instant
instantly
vast
vastly
instantaneous
instantaneously
verbal
verbally
instinctive
instinctively
veritable
veritably
jealous
jealously
weary
wearily
joint
jointly
weekly
weekly
joyful
joyfully
whole-hearted
whole-heartedly
justifiable
justifiably
wide
widely
keen
keenly
wild
wildly
kind
kindly
willing
willingly
knowing
knowingly
wise
wisely
knowledgeable
knowledgeably
wrong
wrongly
last
lastly
yearly
yearly
late
lately
youthful
youthfully
Irregular Verbs
comprises of the following segments:
1. All three forms are the same.
2. Only the simple past and past participle are the same.
3. All three forms are different.
INFINITIVE
SIMPLE PAST
PAST PARTICIPLE
bet
bet
bet
bid
bid
bid
broadcast
broadcast
broadcast
burst
burst
burst
cast
cast
cast
cost
cost
cost
cut
cut
cut
fit
fit
fit
forecast
forecast
forecast
hit
hit
hit
hurt
hurt
hurt
let
let
let
put
put
put
quit
quitted
quitted
read
read
read
rid
rid
rid
set
set
set
shed
shed
shed
shut
shut
shut
slit
slit
slit
split
split
split
spread
spread
spread
thrust
thrust
thrust
upset
upset
upset
wed
wed
wed
2. Only the simple past and past participle are the same
INFINITIVE
SIMPLE PAST
PAST PARTICIPLE
bend
bent
bent
bid
bade
bade
bind
bound
bound
bleed
bled
bled
breed
bred
bred
bring
brought
brought
build
built
built
burn
burned, burnt
burned, burnt
buy
bought
bought
catch
caught
caught
cling
clung
clung
creep
crept
crept
deal
dealt
dealt
dig
dug
dug
dive
dived
dived
dream
dreamed, dreamt
dreamed, dreamt
dwell
dwelt
dwelt
feed
fed
fed
feel
felt
felt
fight
fought
fought
find
found
found
flee
fled
fled
fling
flung
flung
get
got
got
grab
grabbed
grabbed
grind
ground
ground
hang
hung
hung
hang (kill)
hanged
hanged
hang
hung
hung
have
had
had
hear
heard
heard
hold
held
held
keep
kept
kept
kneel
knelt
knelt
lay
laid
laid
lead
led
led
lean
leant
leant
leap
leapt
leapt
learn
learnt
learnt
leave
left
left
lend
lent
lent
light
lit
lit
lose
lost
lost
make
made
made
mean
meant
meant
meet
met
met
misspell
misspelt
misspelt
pay
paid
paid
plead
pled
pled
quit
quitted
quitted
say
said
said
see
saw
seen
seek
sought
sought
sell
sold
sold
send
sent
sent
shine
shone
shone
shoe
shod
shod
shoot
shot
shot
sit
sat
sat
sleep
slept
slept
slide
slid
slid
sling
slung
slung
smell
smelt
smelt
speed
sped
sped
spell
spelt
spelt
spend
spent
spent
spill
spilt
spilt
spin
spun
spun
spit
spat
spat
spoil
spoilt
spoilt
stand
stood
stood
stick
stuck
stuck
sting
stung
stung
strike
struck
struck
string
strung
strung
sweep
swept
swept
swing
swung
swung
teach
taught
taught
tell
told
told
think
thought
thought
understand
understood
understood
uphold
upheld
upheld
weep
wept
wept
win
won
won
wind
wound
wound
withhold
withheld
withheld
withstand
withstood
withstood
wring
wrung
wrung
INFINITIVE
SIMPLE PAST
PAST PARTICIPLE
arise
arose
arisen
awake
awoke
awoken
be
was/were
been
bear
bore
born, borne
beat
beat
beaten
become
became
become
begin
began
begun
bite
bit
bitten
blow
blew
blown
break
broke
broken
choose
chose
chosen
come
came
come
do
did
done
draw
drew
drawn
drink
drank
drunk
drive
drove
driven
eat
ate
eaten
fall
fell
fallen
fly
flew
flown
forbid
forbade
forbidden
forget
forgot
forgotten
forgive
forgave
forgiven
forego, forgo
forewent
foregone
forsake
forsook
forsaken
freeze
froze
frozen
give
gave
given
go
went
gone
grow
grew
grown
hide
hid
hidden
know
knew
known
lie
lay
lain
mistake
mistook
mistaken
overcome
overcame
overcome
overdo
overdid
overdone
overtake
overtook
overtaken
overthrow
overthrew
overthrown
prove
proved
proven
ride
rode
ridden
ring
rang
rung
rise
rose
risen
run
ran
run
saw
sawed
sawn
see
saw
seen
sew
sewed
sewn
shake
shook
shaken
shave
shaved
shaven
shear
sheared
shorn
show
showed
shown
shrink
shrank
shrunk
sing
sang
sung
sink
sank
sunk
slay
slew
slain
smite
smote
smitten
sow
sowed
sown
speak
spoke
spoken
spring
sprang
sprung
steal
stole
stolen
stink
stank
stunk
stride
strode
stridden
strive
strove
striven
swear
swore
sworn
swell
swelled
swollen
swim
swam
swum
take
took
taken
tear
tore
torn
throw
threw
thrown
tread
trod
trodden
wake
woke
woken
wear
wore
worn
weave
wove
woven
write
wrote
written