1. Adverbs

2. Adverbs modify verbs adjectives other adverbs quantifiers and whole sentences

3. They answer the questions How? When? Where? How often? How sure?

4. Adverbs that modify verbs can go in several different places in a sentence. At the beginning At the end After the helping verb

5. Adverbs that modify adjectives and other adverbs go directly before the words they modify. She is always late.

6. Add –ly to adjectives to form many adverbs
Add –ly to adjectives to form many adverbs. Quick – quickly careful – carefully nice – nicely easy - easily

7. Children learn new languages easily. He speaks English very well.

8. Many adverbs do not end in –ly.
Fast
Here
Late
Often
Now
There
Sometimes
Today
Upstairs
Downstairs
Very
Well
Yesterday
Inside
Outside
Always

9. Adverbs of time adverbs of manner adverbs of frequency adverbs of possibility

10. Adverbs of manner tell how something happens
Adverbs of manner tell how something happens. Fast, slowly well, badly carefully patiently right

11. Position of adverbs of manner:
After the main verb when there is no object.
After the verb + object

12. I speak slowly. I read the article slowly

13. Many adverbs of manner are formed from adjectives + ly Adjectives that end in –y drop the -y and add –ily Adjectives that end in –ic or –ical add -ally

14. Irregular forms of adverbs and adjectives:
Fast
Hard
Right
Wrong
Loud
Long
Friendly, lively, lovely, lonely
Good, well

15. Adverbs of place tell where something is or where it happens
Adverbs of place tell where something is or where it happens. (location). They also express where something or someone is going (direction). Here, there, up, down, in, out, inside, together, back, away

16. Position of adverb of place:
After the main verb when there is no object, or after verb + object
Direction adverbs always come after a pronoun object

17. We left her here. We took the children back We gave back the money
We left her here. We took the children back We gave back the money. We took it back.

18. Adverbs of time tell when something happens
Adverbs of time tell when something happens. Yesterday, tomorrow, afterwards, now, early, late, then

19. Position of adverbs of time.
At the beginning or at the end of the clause
Early and late go at the end

20. Yesterday, I took the children to the movies
Yesterday, I took the children to the movies. I took the children to the movies yesterday. I went home early. She came late.

21. Adverbs of frequency tell how often something happens always, usually, often, sometimes, seldom, never

22. Position of adverbs of frequency
After the subject and be.
Before other main verbs

23. She is always hungry. She always comes late.

24. Adverbs of possibility tell how sure we are about something certainly, definitely, probably, perhaps, maybe, possibly

25. Position of adverbs of possibility
Perhaps and maybe are at the beginning of the sentence
The others go after the subject and be but before other main verbs

26. Perhaps we should eat in the cafeteria today
Perhaps we should eat in the cafeteria today. I certainly want you in the next class.

27. Adverbs of degree make the word they modify stronger or weaker
Adverbs of degree make the word they modify stronger or weaker. Extremely, too, very, so, really, quite, enough, almost, hardly

28. Position of adverbs of degree
Before the word they modify
Enough comes after the word it modifies

29. They are also called intensifiers
They are also called intensifiers. They modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs and quantifiers.

30. You work too hard. I don’t eat very much. You almost failed the exam
You work too hard. I don’t eat very much. You almost failed the exam. You don’t sleep enough She doesn’t try hard enough.

31. Hard and Hardly He works hard. He is a hard worker. He hardly works.

32. Enough (quantifier) I have enough money to live comfortably
Enough (quantifier) I have enough money to live comfortably. It comes before the noun Enough (intensifier) You aren’t eating enough. It comes after the noun it modifies.

33. So and Such She is so nice. She is such a nice girl.

34. The end!