Adverb with types,examples and rules

 

Adverb

An adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, another adverb, and, an adjective. It is used to modify adjectives, verbs, and adverb. When you are talking about a situation or an event, sometimes you want to say something about it which has not been indicted by the subject, object or complement, verb. You can do this by using an adjunct.

An adjunct is a word or group of words which you add to a clause when to say something about an event or situation. For example, how much it occurs or where it occurs?

For example:

1.    She laughed quietly.

2.    jack is walking slowly.

3.     He is walking very slowly.

4.    She was tremendously beautiful.

On the next, I will show you the types of Adverb.

Types of Adverb:

There are 9-types of Adverb and those are:

1.   Adverb of Time

      Soon, ago, before, lately, yet, then, today.

2.   Adverb of Manner

      So, bravely, hard, happily, soundly.

3.   Relative Adverb

      How, why, where, when.

4.   Adverb of Frequency

      Rarely, never, always, seldom, usually, occasionally, twice, never, often.

5.   Adverb of Sentence

       Surely, luckily, certainly.

6.   Interrogative Adverb

        Why? When?  How?

7.   Adverb of Degree

       Rather, too, really, very, fully, hardly, fairly, quiet.

8.   Adverb of affirmation and negation

        Undoubtedly, certainly, never, not, apparently, obviously, no.

9.   Adverb of Place

Upward, backward, everywhere, down, near, away, here, by, down, there.

Types of Adverb

Adverb of Manner:

Adverbs of manner come after a verb. For example, Lilly dance beautifully.

In another case, it is used after the object when there is one. For example, He gave her the money reluctantly.

When in a sentence we have verb + preposition + object, an adverb is used either before the preposition or after the object. For example, Sam looks at me suspiciously or he looked suspiciously at me.

More Examples

1.    He played brilliantly.

2.    He run quickly.

3.    She ate quickly.

Note:

Mostly adverb of manner come before the verb but

In Some cases adverb of manner can come between the sentences like in this example:

She quickly ate the dinner and ran out of house.

Adverb of Frequency:

The adverb of frequency mostly come between sentences

 Examples:

Always, frequently, often, once, twice, periodically, sometimes, continually,

Ever, seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly etc.

 

Adverbs are above placed in a sentence in two ways like:

After the simple tenses of to be. For example, he is always in time for play. Before the simple tense of all other verbs. For example, they sometimes stay up all night.

In compound tenses, adverbs are placed after the first auxiliary verbs or interrogative verbs, after auxiliary + subject. For example, you have often been told not to do this.

More Examples

1.    They usually arrive late.

2.    We are never unhappy.

3.    He sometimes wake up earily.

 

Adverb of Place:

If in a sentence there is no subject then adverbs are usually placed after the verb. For example, He lives abroad.

But they come after Verb + object / verb + preposition + object. For example, I looked for it everywhere.

Adverb phrases formed preposition + noun or pronoun or adverb. For example, He stood in the doorway.

More Examples

1.    He come over there.

2.    Please bring that book here.

3.    Close the door when you go outside.

Adverb of Time:

This type of adverbs is usually placed at the very beginning or at the very end of the clause (front position or end position). For example: (1) Eventually, he came.    (2) He came eventually.

More Examples:

1.    Today, I’m going to porpoise here.

2.    She goes to picnic daily.

3.    Always speak the truth.

4.    They often play match

Adverb of degree:

It modifies an adjective or adverb. It placed before an adjective or adverb. For example, you are absolutely right.

But enough follows its adjective or adverb. For example, the car is not big enough.

More Examples:

1.    You are really beautiful.

2.    I really love you.

3.    You are quite talented.

4.    She is very tall.

 

Interrogative Adverb:

An interrogative adverb introduces a question. Interrogative adverbs are usually placed at the beginning of the sentence. Interrogative adverbs include: how, when, why, and where. Example: When will John’s plane arrive from Atlanta?

For example:

1.    Why are you so late? There was a lot of traffic.

2.    Where is my passport? In the drawer.

3.    When does the train arrive? At 11:15.

4.    How did you do this?

5.    Why are you sorry?

6.    How are you? I'm fine.

Relative Adverb:

It is used to make the Adjective Clause. For example, Adrian does not like to stay at the hotel where they are staying.

Relative adverbs are words that provide more information about the people, places or things being discussed. Beyond that, relative adverbs join clauses and sentences together. They are used at the beginning of adjective clauses, which are also referred to as relative clauses.

Examples:

In all the examples on this page, the relative adverbs are in bold and the adjective clauses are shaded.
Let's look at the three relative adverbs. Each one has its own role:

·         "Where" introduces an adjective clause describing a place.

·         I know the town where you live.

·         "When" introduces an adjective clause describing a time.

·         They're talking about an era when a promise was a promise.

·         "Why" introduces an adjective clause describing a reason.

·         It is the reason why I left.

Adverb of Affirmation and Negation:

Adverb of Affirmation or Negation is a word which declares that something is true or some equivalent expression or negative statement, judgment or a logical proposition. Some examples of affirmation and negation are - certainly, definitely, never, no etc.

For example:

1. I will certainly go to school.
2.  I have never seen him.

Rules of Adverb:

Adverbs of manner such as well, fast, quickly, carefully, calmly, etc. are placed after the verb if there is no object and after the object, if there is one.

For example:

·          It is raining heavily.

·          She speaks English well.

Adverbs of time such as always, often sometimes, never, generally, ever merely, seldom, etc. are placed before the verb they qualify.

For example:

·          I seldom meet him. (Correct)

·          I meet him seldom. (Incorrect)

Adverbs of degree tell us about the intensity of something. It refers to words which show “how much”, “in what degree” or “to what extent” does the action takes place. The words ‘too’, ‘enough’, ‘very’, ‘just’, ‘almost’, ‘extremely’, etc. are examples of adverbs of degree.

For example:

·          The water was extremely cold.

·          She has almost finished.

·          He was just leaving.

·          She has almost finished.

·          The movie is quite interesting.

The meaning of ‘too’ is ‘more than enough.’ Too denotes some kind of excess.

For example:

·          He is too weak to walk.

·          It is never too late.

Hence, the use of ‘very’ in place of ‘too’ is wrong.

Enough is placed after the word it qualifies.

For example:

·          Everyone should be strong enough to support one’s family.

It will be wrong if we write “Everyone should be enough strong to support one’s family.”

‘Much’ is used with past participles.

For example:

·          He was much disgusted with his life.

·          The news was much surprising.

‘Very’ is used with present participles.

For example:

·          He is very disgusted with his life.

·          The news is very surprising.

When ‘very’ and ‘much’ are used to qualify the superlative form of adjectives/adverbs, ‘the’ should be put before the word ‘very’ and after the word ‘much’.

For example:

·          Rim is the very best boy in his class.

·          Rim is much the best boy in his class.

Adverbs of Affirmation or Negation refer to words that assert the action emphatically.

Consider these examples:

·          He certainly was a winner among them

·          Luckily he survived the crash

‘No sooner’ should always be followed by ‘than.’

For example:

·          No sooner I saw him I trembled with fear. (Incorrect)

·          No sooner did I see him than I trembled with fear. (Correct)

‘No’ should not be used with the words, which have negative meaning if we want the sentence to be negative.

For example:

·          I received no letter neither from him nor from her. (Incorrect)

·          I received letter neither from him nor from her. (Correct)

‘Of course’ is used to denote a natural consequence. It should not be used in place of certainly, undoubtedly.

For example:

·          Of course, he is the best player. (Incorrect)

·          He is certainly the best player. (Correct)

Instead of saying that “Cow’s milk is too nutritious” We should say that “Cow’s milk is very nutritious.”

Following are Common Rules of Adverbs in General

‘Only’ is used before the word it qualifies.

For example:

·          Only I spoke to him.

·          I only spoke to him.

·          I spoke to him only.

‘Else’ is followed by ‘but’ and not by ‘than.’

For example:

·          It is nothing else but hypocrisy.

‘As’ is often used in a sentence though there is no need for it.

For example:

·          He is elected as the President. (Incorrect)

·          He is elected President. (Correct)

‘Perhaps’ means possibly whereas ‘probably’ means most likely.

For example:

·          Where is Govinda? Perhaps he is not here. (Incorrect)

·          Where is Govinda? Probably he is not here. (Correct)

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