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Adverbs. This part of speech might seem very complicated, but they are used as often as verbs.

An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. An adverb can also modify an entire sentence, as in Quickly, he slowed down the train to avoid a collision.

SometimesAdverbs are often misused as adjectives, as in I feel badly. “I feel badly” would mean you are having difficulty in feeling at all – which would be a rather unusual thing to say 🙂 In general, the verb “to feel” will take an adjective (happy, sad, good, bad, angry, relieved) after it to indicate the feeling, rather than an adverb.

There are 5 types of adverbs everyone should aware of. There are times when a student at Pep Talk India asks the significance or uses adverbs.

There are five types of adverbs, namely of time, manner, degree, place, and frequency.

Adverbs of Time:  An adverb of time provides more information about when a verb takes place. Adverbs of time are usually placed at the beginning or end of a sentence. When it is of particular importance to express the moment something happened we’ll put it at the start of a sentence.

Examples: never, lately, just, always, recently, during, yet, soon, sometimes, usually, so far

  • So far, we have found no reason to quit! 
  • I haven’t been practicing English lately.
  • We recently got a new dog from the shelter. 

Adverbs of Manner:  Adverbs of manner provide more information about how a verb is done. Adverbs of manner are probably the most common of all adverbs. They’re easy to spot too. Most of them will end in –ly.

Examples: neatly, slowly, quickly, sadly, calmly, politely, loudly, kindly, lazily

  • The boy folded his new boarding school uniform neatly in a pile at the end of his bunk.
  • politely asked my teacher for an extra 5 minutes to complete my work.
  • A fat orange and white cat rested lazily on the sofa.

Adverbs of Degree:  Adverbs of degree explain the level or intensity of a verb, adjective, or even another adverb.

Examples: almost, quite, nearly, too, enough, just, hardly, simply, so

  • Can I come to the movies too?
  • Aren’t you hungry? You’ve hardly touched your dinner.
  • I’m so excited to see the new James Bond movie!

Adverbs of Place:  Adverbs of place illustrate where the verb is happening. It’s usually placed after the main verb/object or at the end of the sentence.

Examples:  here, there, nowhere, everywhere, out, in, above, below, inside, outside, into

  • We went into the cave, and there were bats everywhere!
  • One day when my dad wasn’t paying attention to where he was going, he walked into a wall.
  • There aren’t any Pokémon here, let’s look somewhere else.

Adverbs of Frequency: Adverbs of frequency explain how often the verb occurs. They’re often placed directly before the main verb of a sentence.

Examples: never, always, rarely, sometimes, normally, seldom, usually, again

  • rarely miss my class at Pep Talk India.
  • Tushar usually takes a walk before breakfast.
  • They always go to the same Church on Sunday.

 

Understanding the ‘how’ of any topic always helps us understand a topic better.  Years of learning by rote and simply memorizing grammar can actually do more harm than good. This is is easily avoidable if one practices not from memory but with a better understanding of the concepts. To understand and practice English and Public Speaking in a new way, join us at Pep Talk India! Revolution is Here!

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