ADVERBS

ADVERBS

1. ADVERBS ARE WORDS THAT MODIFY:

   • ADJECTIVES
   • VERBS
   • ADVERBS

2. WHAT DO ADVERBS ANSWER?

   • WHERE?
     • PLACE
   • WHEN?
     • TIME
   • HOW?
     • MANNER
   • TO WHAT EXTENT?
     • TO WHAT END
   • WHY
     • CAUSE

3. TYPE OF ADVERBS

   • ADJUNCT
     • A CONSTITUENT OF A SENTENCE
   • DISJUNCT
     • ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHOLE SENTENCE
   • CONJUNCT
     • JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE WITH WHAT PROCEDES

4. SOME ADVERBS THAT CAN PRE-MODIFY ADJECTIVES

   • ABSOLUTELY
     • ABSOLUTE DREADFUL
   • BADLY
     • BADLY DAMAGED
   • INCREDIBLY
     • INCREDIBLY GRACEFUL
   • PRETTY
     • PRETTY PATCHY
   • ALMOST
     • ALMOST UNRECOGNISABLE
   • DEEPLY
     • DEEPLY PERVERSE

5. SOME ADVERBS THAT CAN PRE-MODIDY ADVERBS

   • AWFULLY
     • AWFULLY QUICKLY
   • EXTREMELY
     • EXTREMELY COSTLY
   • VERY
     • VERY DIFFERENTLY
   • TERRIBLY
     • TERRIBLY HARD
   • QUITE
     • QUITE STEEPLY
   • REALLY
     • REALLY LOW

6. FUNTIONS OF INTENSIFIERS

   • EMPHASIZERS
     • I REALLY DONT BELIEVE HIM.
   • AMPLIFIERS
     • HE KNOWS THE CITY WELL.
   • DOWNTONERS
     • THE BOSS ALMOST QUIT AFTER THAT.

7. TWO WAYS TO FORM COMPARATIVE ADVERBS

   • REGULAR
     • FASTER
   • IRREGULAR
     • MORE FLEXIBLE, MORE QUICKLY

8. TWO WAYS TO FORM SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS

   • REGULAR
     • FASTEST
   • IRREGULAR
     • MOST FLEXIBLY,MOST QUICKLY

9. THEN VS THAN

   • THEN: ADVERB ANSWERING "WHEN"
     • WE PLAY BASKETBALL AND THEN WENT HOME.
   • THAN: CONJUNCTION CONVEYING COMPARISON
     • SHE IS TALLER THAN I.