Adverbs

 Adverbs are words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs answer the

questions: When? Where? How? or To what extent?

When? left yesterday, begin now

Where? fell below, move up

How? happily sang, danced badly

To what extent? partly finished, eat completely

Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective. For example:

Adjective         Adverb

Quick      —        quickly

Careful    —      carefully

Accurate  —   accurately

Here are some of the most common non-ly adverbs:

afterward, almost, already, also ,back, even,far, fast, hard, here, how, late, long, low, more, near, never, next,now, often, quick, rather, slow, soon, still, then, today, tomorrow, too, when,where, yesterday

Follow these guidelines when you use adverbs:

1. Use an adverb to describe a verb.

Experiments using dynamite must be done carefully.

                                                                     verb adv.

2. Use an adverb to describe an adjective.

Sam had an unbelievably huge appetite for chips.

                              adv. adj.

3. Use an adverb to describe another adverb.

They sang so clearly.

                  adv. adv.

Quick Tip

Conjunctive adverbs are used to connect other words and to link ideas and paragraphs.

accordingly ,again, also, besides, consequently, finally, for example, furthermore,however, indeed, moreover, on the other hand, otherwise, nevertheless ,then ,therefore