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Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns. Adjective Adverb Mandy is a careful girl. Mandy drives carefully. Mandy is very careful. Mandy is a careful driver. This sentence is about Mandy, the driver, so use the adjective. Mandy drives carefully. This sentence is about her way of driving, so use the adverb.
Form
Adjective + -ly Adjective Adverb dangerous dangerously careful carefully nice nicely easy easily horrible horribly electronic electronically irregular forms good well fast fast hard hard If the adjective ends in -le, the adverb ends in -ly. Example: terrible - terribly If the adjective ends in -e, then add -ly. Example: safe - safely Tip: Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs. adjectives ending in -ly: friendly, silly, lonely, ugly nouns, ending in -ly: ally, bully, Italy, melancholy verbs, ending in -ly: apply, rely, supply
Types of adverbs
1) Adverbs of manner quickly kindly 2) Adverbs of degree very rather 3) Adverbs of frequency often sometimes 4) Adverbs of time now today 5) Adverbs of place here nowhere
C - Irregular adverbs
well badly much little late far better worse more less later farther further best worst most least last
farthest furthest
ATTENTION! In informal English some adverbs are used without -ly (e.g. cheap, loud, quick). There are two forms of comparison possible, depending on the form af the adverb: cheaply - more cheaply - most cheaply cheap - cheaper - cheapest
hard high late lively long lovely low right wide wrong
hard high late lively long lovely low right wide wrong
EXERCISE 1
Fill in the words in brackets as adjective or adverb like in the example. Example: Peter works ______ (slow). Answer: Peter works slowly.
reads a book. (quick) girl. (pretty) loud today. (terrible) singer. (good) open this tin. (easy) day today. (terrible) . (good)
7) She sings the song 8) He is a 9) He drives the car 10) The dog barks
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Put them papers in the stove. He spoke blunter than usual. Drive slow! The situation has improved considerable since last week. The sun sure is hot today. The work is going easier today than yesterday. He did right well in answering as he did.