Adverbs

Adverbs are an important part of speech. They usually answer questions

such as how? where? when? how often? and how much?

What is an Adverb?

Adverb Form
How do we make adverbs?

Kinds of Adverbs
What are the main kinds of adverbs?

Adverb Position
Where do we put the adverb in a sentence?

Adverbs of Frequency
hourly, weekly, once a year...
always, sometimes, never...

Comparative Adverbs
Joe ran fast but Mary ran faster.

Adverbs Quiz

 Adverbs of Manner vocabulary

 Adverbs of Place vocabulary
 Adverbs of Time vocabulary
 Adverbs of Degree vocabulary

Adverbs of Manner List

This is an alphabetical list of common single-word manner adverbs.

Adverbs of manner mainly modify verbs and tell us the way in which
something happens.

They form the largest group of adverbs. We make most of them simply by
adding -ly to their corresponding adjective. This is an alphabetical list of
130 common single-word adverbs of manner. Adverbs of manner that do
not end in -ly are shown in bold.

accidentally
angrily
anxiously
awkwardly
badly
beautifully
blindly
boldly
bravely
brightly
busily
calmly
carefully
carelessly
cautiously
cheerfully
clearly
closely
correctly
courageously
cruelly
daringly
deliberately
doubtfully
eagerly
easily
elegantly
enormously
enthusiastically
equally
eventually
exactly
faithfully
fast
fatally
fiercely
fondly
foolishly
fortunately
frankly
frantically
generously
gently
gladly
gracefully
greedily
happily
hard
hastily
healthily
honestly
hungrily
hurriedly
inadequately
ingeniously
innocently
inquisitively
irritably
joyously
justly
kindly
lazily
loosely
loudly
madly
mortally
mysteriously
neatly
nervously
noisily
obediently
openly
painfully
patiently
perfectly
politely
poorly
powerfully
promptly
punctually
quickly
quietly
rapidly
rarely
really
recklessly
regularly
reluctantly
repeatedly
rightfully
roughly
rudely
sadly
safely
selfishly
sensibly
seriously
sharply
shyly
silently
sleepily
slowly
smoothly
so
softly
solemnly
speedily
stealthily
sternly
straight
stupidly
successfully
suddenly
suspiciously
swiftly
tenderly
tensely
thoughtfully
tightly
truthfully
unexpectedly
victoriously
violently
vivaciously
warmly
weakly
wearily
well
wildly
wisely

Adverbs of Place List

This is an alphabetical list of common single-word place adverbs.

Adverbs of place mainly modify verbs and tell us where something

happens.

about
above
abroad
anywhere
away
back
backwards (also backward)
behind
below
down
downstairs
east (etc)
elsewhere
far
here
in
indoors
inside
near
nearby
off
on
out
outside
over
there
towards
under
up
upstairs
where

Common suffixes
 -wards or -ward (backwards, downwards, eastward, forwards,
homewards, upwards) - these normally express movement in the
specified direction
 -where (anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, somewhere)
Note that some adverbs can also be prepositions.
 She was waiting with a red scarf on. (adverb)

 She put the red scarf on the table. (preposition)

Adverbs of Time List

This is a list of common single-word time adverbs.

Adverbs of time mainly modify verbs and tell us when something

happens.

points of time (definite)

 now
 then
 today
 tomorrow
 tonight
 yesterday

frequency (definite)
 annually
  daily
 fortnightly
 hourly
 monthly
 nightly
 quarterly
 weekly
 yearly

The word bimonthly is ambiguous and best avoided. Bimonthly can

mean "twice a month" or "every two months". The same is true
of biyearly and biannually.

frequency (indefinite)
 always
 constantly
 ever
 frequently
 generally
 infrequently
 never
 normally
 occasionally
 often
 rarely
 regularly
 seldom
 sometimes
 regularly
 usually

relationships in time (indefinite)

 already
  before
 early
 earlier
 eventually
 finally
 first
 formerly
 just
 last
 late
 later
 lately
 next
 previously
 recently
 since
 soon
 still
 yet

See also: grammar of adverbs

Adverbs of Degree List

This is an alphabetical list of common single-word degree adverbs.

Adverbs of degree can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs, and
tell us the extent to which something happens.

almost
absolutely
awfully*
badly*
barely
completely
decidedly
deeply
enough
enormously
entirely
extremely
fairly
far
fully
greatly
hardly
highly
how
incredibly
indeed
intensely
just
least
less
little
lots
most
much
nearly
perfectly
positively
practically
pretty*
purely
quite
rather
really
scarcely
simply
so
somewhat
strongly
terribly*
thoroughly
too
totally
utterly
very
virtually
well

*informal