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

2. 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

3. 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?

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. 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