1) What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
Examples:
Susan ran slowly. ('slowly' is an adverb that describes the verb 'ran')
Tom is very tall. ('very' is an adverb that describes the adjective 'tall')
The horse runs very quickly. ('very' is an adverb that describes the adverb 'quickly')
2) Types of adverbs
❖ There are many different types of adverbs, for example:
- Adverbs of manner: They describe how something happens.
Example:
John answered the questions correctly.
- Adverbs of frequency: They describe how often something happens.
Example:
She always arrives at 8:00.
- Adverbs of time: They describe when something happens.
Example:
We have to go now.
- Adverbs of place: They describe where something happens.
Example:
Put the book on the shelf above.
- Adverbs of degree: They describe how much something happens.
Example:
I like swimming very much.
3) Use
- We usually put adverbs of manner after the verb. If there is an object after the verb, we put the adverb after the object.
Examples:
He drove carefully.
He drove the car carefully.
- We put adverbs of frequency before present simple and past simple verbs. But we put them after 'be', auxiliary verbs and modal verbs.
Examples:
I always walked to school.
She is often late for work.
We will never eat raw meat.
- We usually put adverbs of place and time at the end of the sentence.
Examples:
John did her homework yesterday.
The winner is here.