Adverbs

• Adverbs

  Modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
• Individual adverbs are formed by simply adding the suffix -ly to an adjective.
• A superlative adverb shows who or what has the highest degree of a quality or attribute.

  
  

  e.g., I am the quickest of them all.
• A comparative adverb shows who has the greater or lesser degree of a quality or attribute.

  
  

  e.g., I am better than you.
• Adverbs of manner


  They tell how something is done.

  e.g., Martin drove in anger.
• Adverbs of time 


  Tell when something has occured.
• Adverbs can be phrases or clauses

  e.g., during the exam and after the game ended.
• Adverbial phrases or clauses can introduce a sentence or follow it.

  e.g., At seven, I left for work.
• Adverbs of frequency


  Tell how often something occurs.

  e.g., I showed up to the carnial with great frequency.
• Adverbs of degree


  Tell to what extent something is done.

  
  

  e.g., Bill had become profoundly depressed
• Adverbs of place


  Tell where an action occurs.

  e.g., We spend a lot of time at home. and I met you next door.
• Adverbs of Viewpoint


  Adverbs that make a comment on a situation.

  
  

  e.g., She clearly has no understanding of the topic.
• Comment or viewpoint adverbs

  They show the degree to which the speaker agrees/disagrees with a statement.
• Adverbs of manner, time, and place

  Stand after the verb or the predicate.

  e.g., They'll arrive in town next week.
• Adverbs of frequency

  Placed before the main verb in a sentence.

  e.g., Jack often visits us when he's in town.
• Adverbs of degree

  Follow the verb or verb phrase they modify, or before an adjective or adverb.

  e.g., He had a profoundly infected wound

  e.g., The good news about Dad's health pleased them tremendously.
• Adverbs of viewpoint

  Tend to introduce a sentence or follow the subject.

  e.g., Both obviously overslept again or Undoubtedly, you have no confidence in yourself.