Adverb

About Adverb

Adverb is a word which is used to describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb.

• He swims well.
• He ran quickly.
• She spoke softly.
• Shyam coughed loudly to attract her attention.
• He plays the flute beautifully.
• He ate the chocolate cake greedily.

Kinds Of Adverbs

1. Adverbs of degree
2. Adverbs of frequency
3. Adverbs of manner
4. Adverbs of place
5. Adverbs of time

Adverb of Time

An adverb of time is an adverb (such as soon or tomorrow) that describes when the action of a verb is carried out.

Example:-

1. Mohan went to the Ram' house yesterday.
2. I'm going to tidy my room tomorrow.
3. I saw Sally today.
4. I will call you later.
5. I have to leave now.
6. I saw that movie last year.

Some more adverb of time are as given below:

today, yesterday, tomorrow, last year, next year, gone month, coming month, now, then, annually, daily, often, everyday, all day, never, ever, occasionally, fortnightly, ago, never, instantly, later, upcoming, afterwards etc.

Adverb of Place

Adverb of place always indecates about location where the action of the verb is being carried out.

Example:-

1. Raman looked around but he couldn't see the monkey.
2. I searched everywhere I could think of.
3. I'm going back to school.
4. Come in!
5. They built a house nearby.
6. She took the child outside.

Adverb of Manner

Adverb of manner (such as quickly or slowly) that describes how and in what way an action, denoted by a verb, is carried out.

1. He ate the chocolate cake greedily.
2. He greedily ate the chocolate cake.
3. He gave us the money generously.
4. He generously gave us the money.

Adverb of Degree or quality

Adverbs of degree indecate us about the intensity of something.

1. She has almost finished.
2. She is running very fast.
3. You are walking too slowly.
4. You are running fast enough.

Adverb of frequency

Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something is done.

He always walk to work.

They usually arrive late.

I don't usually give personal advice.

My mother often forgets his birthday.

She sometimes wakes up early.

I rarely drink tea in the morning.

Adverbs of frequency always comes before the main verb.

Some common Adverb of frequency used with probability

NAVER-0%

REARLY-5%

SELDOM-15%

OCASIONALLY-30%

SOMETIMES-50%

OFTEN-70%

GENERALY-80%

USUALY-90%

ALWAYS-100%

QUIZ

Quiz 1: Adverb-MCQ

Quiz 2: Adverb-MCQ

Quiz 3: Adverb-MCQ