Adverb Rules

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Adverb Rules
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Adverbs are words that modify

• a verb
• (He drove slowly. How did he drive?)
• an adjective
• (He drove a very fast car. How fast
• was his car?)
• another adverb
• (She moved quite slowly down the aisle. How
  slowly did she move?)

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Types of Simple Adverbs

• Manner
• Place
• Time
• Degree
• Affirmation
• Negation

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• 1. Adverbs of Manner
• (answer the questionhow)
• (often end in ly)   She moved slowly
  and spoke quietly.2. Adverbs of Place
• (answer the question where)
• These often look like prepositions without
  an
• object.   Look below to see the
  flowers.   She still lives there now

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• 3. Adverbs of Time
• (answer the questionwhen or how
  often)   
• It's starting to get dark now.   She
  finished her tea first.   She left early.
• She often goes by herself.
• 4. Adverbs of Degree
• (answer questions how much or how little of
  )
• These often are the adverbs that modify
  other
• modifiers (adj. or adv.)
• She sleeps very quietly.
• We swim quite often.

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• 5. Adverbs of Negation
• (make a verb negative) no, never, not, nt
  
• We never go to the theme parks.
• We did not study for the test.
• 6. Adverbs of Affirmation
• (make a verb more strongly positive. )
• Yes, we love that game.
• You certainly did well on that test.
• Sarah obviously knew the answer to
  the
• question.
• You did well indeed.

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Some Tricky Adverbs

• FARTHER denotes physical advancement in distance.
  
  
• (We walked farther into the
  dessert.)
• FURTHER denotes advancement to greater degree
  
  
• (I will look further into my
  research)
• BAD Adjective (often an adjective subject
  compliment)
• Susan felt bad after the argument.
  
• That is a bad apple.
• BADLY Adverb
• I performed badly in the play.
• GOOD adjective That is a good movie.
• WELL adverb Susan acted well in the
  movie.

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Stay away from using double negatives

• INCORRECT Susan is not never in the class.
• CORRECT Susan is not ever in the class.
• INCORRECT We didnt ask no one to the dance.
• CORRECT We didnt ask anyone to the dance.
• INCORRECT The class did not get nothing in its
  mailbox.
• CORRECT The class did not get anything in its
  mailbox.

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Adverbs vs. Adjectives

• Adjectives are used to modify nouns
• The dog is loud.
• Adverbs are used to modify verbs,
• adjectives or other adverbs
• The dog barks loudly.
• Adjective -gt careful / Adverb -gt carefully
• Adjective -gt quick / Adverb -gt quickly

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Interrogative Adverbs (ask a question.) why,
where, how, when

• Why did you come to class early?
• When are you arriving?
• Where is the party tonight?

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Relative Adverbs (The first word in an
adjective clause) where, when, why

• This is the place (where we met.)
• He did not tell me (why he was absent.)
• This is the time (when I like to sleep.)

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The Degree of Adverbs

• With LY adverbs we usually form the comparative
  and superlative forms with
• more and most or less or least.
• Never drop ly from an adverb when changing its
  degree. (Quietly does NOT become quieter.)

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The Degree of Adverbs

• For some other adverbs, we add -er to form the
  comparative and -est to form the superlative.

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The Degree of Adverbs

• Some adverbs are irregular adverbs, and they
  change in form.