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THE ADVERB
Definition :
An adverb is used to modify an adjective, a verb or other adverb. It tells us about an action, or the way something is done.
An adverb can be formed from an adjective by adding the suffix -ly.
Examples Of Adverb
| Drive carefully | She writes neatly |
| He acts cleverly | She gets up early in the morning |
| Westerns can be very exciting | She yelled loudly |
| Drive carefully | Whose car is this? |
Adverbs answer four specific questions about the verbs, adjectives, and adverbs they modify:
Examples
| How? | quickly, gracefully, fluently |
| When? | late, never, tomorrow |
| Where? | there, inside, below |
| How often? | very, well, almost |
Adverb Phrases
Adverb phrases are groups of words that functions as single adverbs to describe the action of the verb.
Examples
| The bus arrived on time |
| She draws cartoons like a real cartoonist |
What Is A Simple Adverb?
Definition :
An adverb used as a simple modifier to convey degree, manner, number, place, or time.
Two Adverbs sometimes go together, joined by the conjunction and; as
Examples
| again and again | now and then |
| by and by | once and again |
| far and wide | out and out |
| first and foremost | off and on |
| far and wide | over and above |