Kinds of Adverbs

Kinds of Adverbs

An Adverb is a word which adds to the meaning of a verb, an Adjective or another Adverb ; as,
1. She treats me well.
2. He is quiet well .
3. The girls work very hard.

Kinds of Adverb

1. Adverbs of Time 

Read the following sentences:
1. He comes here daily.
2. I brought this pen yesterday.
3. My parents get up early .

The Adverbs 'daily' , 'yesterday', and 'early' show when action is done .Such Adverbs are called Adverbs of Time .

Learn (Adverbs of Time ) : Today , tomorrow , late , early , soon , before , ago , already , immediately.

Adverbs of Time answer the question - 'When' ?

2. Adverbs of Manner 

Read the following sentences:
1. The old woman walks slowly.
2. Rita talks wisely.
3. Our team plays well.

The Adverb 'slowly' , 'wisely', 'well' , show how an action is done .Such Adverb are called Adverb of Manner.
Adverb of Manner answer the question - 'How ' ?

Note  : Adverbs which end in 'ly' and are derived from adjectives are Adverbs of Manner.

3. Adverb of Place 

Read the following sentences:

1. Boys , sit here.
2. God is everywhere .
3. The bird flew away.

The Adverb 'here', 'everywhere' , 'away' show where an action is done . Such Adverbs are called Adverbs of Place.
Adverb of Place answer the question -'Where'?

Learn (Adverb of Place ): here , there , in , out , inside, outside, below, above ,far , near, forward , backward , up, down, anywhere, elsewhere ,etc.

4. Adverb of Number 

Read the following sentences :

1. I have been to Bankok twice.
2. Good boys and girls never tell a lie.
3. We often go to the lake.

The Adverb 'twice' , 'never' , 'often' , show how often an action is done. Such adverbs are called Adverb of Number.
Adverbs of number answer the question - 'How often '?

Learn ( Adverb of Number ): Once , twice, always , never , seldom.

5. Adverb of Degree

Read the following sentences :

1. Dara Singh is very strong.
2. My watch is quite right.
3. He treats her most cruelly.

The Adverbs 'very' , 'quite', 'most' , show how much or to what extent a thing is done .Such Adverbs are called Adverbs of Degree.
Adverbs of Degree answer the question - 'How much ' or ' How far'? or 'To what extent'?

Learn ( Adverb of Degree) : Nearly, almost, rather, too, fully, partly, enough , hardly, wholly, etc.

6. Interrogative Adverbs 

Read the following sentences:

1. How do you do?
2. When were you born?
3. Why are you late ?

The Adverbs 'How' , 'When' , 'Why' are used for asking questions. Such Adverbs are called Interrogative Adverbs .

Exercise 1 :
Pick out the Adverbs in the following sentences and state the kind of each Adverb :

1. Our soldiers fought bravely.
2. They looked for her everywhere .
3. The school will open tomorrow.
4. I came often to this place .
5. He was partly pleased .
6. The sun is extremely hot.
7. How are you today?
8. He loves you truly.
9. It is too hot to go out.
10. He frequently  comes to see me.

Exercise 2 :
Fill in the blanks with suitable Adverbs:

1. The child slept....
2. The dog barked...
3. He comes ....
4. I shall return ....
5. The water was....cold.
6. Come ...and sit.....
7. ....did he die?
8. .....do you beat him?
9. I visited him....
10. The train stops....

Exercise 3:
Match the opposite of the Adverb in Column A and Column B .

Column A              Column B
1. carefully badly
2. follishly noisely
3. kindly         cruelly
4. quickly        wisely
5. sadly        carelessly
6. well        joyfully

Formation of Adverbs 

Most Adverbs are formed from Adjectives by adding 'ly'; as,
1. beautiful beautifully
2. bright brightly
3. bad badly
4. neat neatly

Exercise 4 :

Make the Adverb from the following Adjectives :

1. easy
2. quick
3. sudden
4. strong
5. blind
6. warm
7. happy
8. strange
9. glad
10. lucky
11. faithful
12. usual
13. lazy
14. quiet
15. certain
16. silent