Adverbs modify – give more info re. time, place and manner. can express speakers attitudes

Can modify: Verbs: The car drove slowly Adjectives: The house was very pretty Other adverbs: The picture was painted particularly carefully Sentences: Certainly, the work will be completed on time

Circumstance adverbs – modify verbs Manner: he was sleeping well - ask how? Time: you must go to school now - ask when? Frequency: I always visit my grandmother - ask how often? Place: go there to get you coat - ask where?

Degree adverbs (Modifiers) modify adjective or adverbs It is very good to see you I really missed you I’m so glad to be back

Sentence adverbs Attitude: I could perhaps do the work …. But surely someone else could do it Linking: firstly I will go away …… however I will write postcards

Many adverbs are formed by adding – ly to an adjective   Can have comparative and superlative forms Some take the –er / -est ending but most use more or most early – earlier – earliest loudly – more loudly - most loudly

Position front of sentence: Actually I have always loved this place middle of sentence: I have actually loved this place for a long time. I am actually in love with this place. I actually loved his place the end of a sentence: I loved this place, actually

Sometimes words can be both adjective and adverb Need to look at context and function in a sentence The fast train from London to Birmingham leaves at 3 o clock The boy ran fast The bed was hard and gave me a bad night’s sleep After faltering, the horse hit the fence hard

1 and 3 fast and hard modify the nouns 1 is an attributive adjective 3 is a predicative adjective 2 and 4 modify the verbs and are adverbs

Adverbial ( aka adjunct ) word phrase or clause that tells us more about an action, the way in which it happens or why it happens. adverbials are either adverbs or prepositional phrases   The train arrived noisily The train arrived on time The train arrived at three in the morning After some delay the train arrived Though no one expected it , the train arrived

Underline the adverbs in this passage and identify them as: Circumstance adverbs Degree adverbs Sentence adverbs

Correct Answers The sun shone brightly there on that crisp December morning. Nevertheless, I could not help feeling that the day would not go well. Again and again, I was aware of the completely isolated nature of the spot here and anxiously I waited for the others to arrive. I knew I was being really silly, but generally my intuitions were correct. I had found recently that things happened as I knew they would. It made me very suspicious and often I would look around warily. Sometimes, however, I was wrong and I hoped desperately that I was being oversensitive this time. I tried to relax and to think about something else. What would take my mind off my premonitions? Perhaps the beauty of the day would make me forget. Actually, I was here on holiday and I had to make sure that I enjoyed my stay properly