1. Describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb
Adverbs
Describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb

2. Types of Adverbs Time – when or how often Place – where
Manner – how or in what manner
Degree – how much or how little (usually modify other adverbs or adjectives)
Affirmation – tells whether a statement is positive or expresses consent or approval
allegedly, indeed, positively, undoubtedly, yes
Negation – expresses a negative condition or refusal
no, not, never

3. Good is an Adjective, Not an Adverb
Well is the adverb
David is a good ball player.
David plays ball well.
Bad is an adjective, not an adverb
Badly is an adverb.
Miss Lebet is a bad singer.
Miss Lebet sings badly.

4. Interrogative Adverbs
Are used to ask a question
Why
How
Where
When

5. Adverbial Nouns A noun that acts as an adverb by describing a verb.
They usually express
Time- years, days, minutes, seconds, hours
Distance- feet, miles, yards, centimeters
Measure- degrees, pounds, ounces
Value- dollars, cents, pesos
Direction- north, south, east, west

6. Don’t confuse adverbial nouns with direct objects
One gold nugget weighed 150 pounds.
Pounds answers the question how much the nugget weighed.
The miner weighed the gold nugget.
Nugget answers the question what did he weigh.
She hurried home.
Home tells where she hurried, an adverb
Anne decorated her home.
Home tells what she decorated, a noun direct object

7. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
Some adverbs can be compared.
They have positive, comparative, and superlative forms.
Comparative forms of most adverbs ending in ly are formed by placing more in front of the adverb.
Superlative forms of most adverbs ending in ly are formed by placing most in front of the adverb.
She ran quickly Positive
He ran more quickly Comparative
Pooh ran the most quiclky of all. Superlative

8. Positive, Comparative, Superlative
Some add er for comparative, est for superlative.
He ran fast. Positive
She ran faster Comparative
Pooh ran the fastest of all. Superlative
Irregular Comparisons
Well, Better, Best
Badly, Worse, Worst

9. More Comparative and Superlative
Much More Most
Little Less Least

10. Troublesome Adverbs Farther and Further There, Their, and They’re
Bad and Badly
Well and Good

11. Well and Good
Well is an adverb
Good is an adjective

12. Further and Farther Farther refers to distance.
I walked farther today than I did yesterday.
Further means “in addition”
We should discuss the issue further.

13. There, Their, They’re
There as an introductory word can be omitted without changing the meaning of the sentence.
There is no one at home.
No one is at home.
There means place- it can be an adverb
Their is a possessive adjective
They’re is the contraction They and are

14. Bad and Badly Bad Worse Worst These are the adjectives
Badly, Worse, Worst are the adverbs