Grammar Tips

What are adverbs?


Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and/or other adverbs.  An adverb can answer any of four questions-Where? When? How? To what extent or degree?


NOTE: Adverbs often end in -ly, but not always.  Here are 33 adverbs that do not end in -ly.

again	almost	alone	already	also
always	away	even	ever	here
just	later	never	not	now
nowhere	often	perhaps	quite	rather
seldom	so	sometimes	somewhat	somewhere
soon	then	there	today	too
very	yesterday	yet

taken from: Jack Umstatter, The Grammar Teacher's Activity-a-Day


With verbs:


Maram ran to the college quickly.

• (How did Maram run?) Quickly.

When I called from the window, he looked up.

• (Where did he look?) 

Somaiah then walked away.

•  (When did Somaiah walk away?) Then or at that time.

With adjectives:


The party was almost perfect. 

• (To what extent was the party perfect?)

I was quite pleased with my exam results.

• (How pleased were you?)

With adverbs:


Maram ran very quickly.

• Quickly tells us how Maram ran and very tells us how quickly she ran.

In the next post, we take a look at comparative adverbs. In the meantime you can get more practice with adverbs by visiting the following site:

• http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adverbs/exercises

Here's another site where you can watch a tutorial on adverbs.  Just so you know, there are loads of ads on the page.


Adverb Tutorial


Hopefully this will provide you with additional help on adverbs.