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adverbs and adjectives, their roles in sentences

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Placement of Adverbs

Adverbs typically modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs and positioned accordingly within sentences it depends on the type of adverb and the structure of the sentence.

  1. Adverb of Manner | Place | Time
    1.  At the end of the sentences
      1.  She sang beautifully – manner
      2. He stayed outside – Place
      3. I met yesterday – Time
    2. Before the verb of emphasis or style 
        1. She beautifully sang the song
        2. We quickly finished the food
  2. Adverb of Frequency 
      1. Before the main verb 
        1. He always  eats dinner
        2. I never complain
      2. After the “be” Verb
        1. He is often later
        2. We are always cheerful

Adverb of Manner

Adverbs of Manner clarify how an action is performed, enriching narratives with vivid imaginary and variation. Examples has given below:

  • Badly
  • Happily
  • Quickly
  • Softly
  • Loudly

Form :

  • Happy – Happily
  • Bad – Badly
  • Careful –  Carefully

Usage in Sentences

  • He spoke softly to avoid waking the baby.
  • He runs quickly to catch the train

Adverb Of Time

Adverbs of Time tell us when an actions happens, for duration or how often and they say how and when, how long.

  • Single time :Yesterday, now, then, today
  • Duration : Still, Yet, lately, Recently
  • Frequency : Often, Always, Rarely, Never

Usage in Sentences

  • She will call me tonight
  • She hasn’t arrived yet

Adverb Of place

Adverbs of Place indicate an actions of a directions “where“

  • Position :Above, Here,there,nearby, outside
  • Direction : Away, back, down, up,forward..
  • Distance : near,far,anywhere,nowhere….

Usage in Sentences

  • She is waiting outside
  • The book is on the table
  • Kids are playing there

At the end of the sentences

  • I live nearby

After main Verb

  • He turned back

Beginning of sentences

  • Outside, the dogs are barking

 

Adverb Of Frequency

Adverbs of Frequency indicate how often an action occurs

The types 

  • Definite Frequency  Daily,weekly.monthly,once,everyday,twice
    • We go to the gym twice a week
  • Indefinite Frequency: Always,often,usually,usually,sometimes,rarely,never
    • I always drink coffee in the morning

Usage in Sentences

  • She will call me tonight
  • She hasn’t arrived yet

Adverb of Frequency

Adverb Frequency
Always 100%
Usually 90%
Often 70 - 80%
Sometimes 50%
Rarely 10 - 20%
Never 0%

Adverb Of degree

Adverbs of Degree describe the intensity, level of an action or extend of adjective or another adverb “how much”

Usage in Sentences

  • Modify verbs
    • We almost miss the bus
    • I don’t care enough about the food
  • Modify Adjectives
    • the weather was too hot yesterday
    • The food is very tasty
  • Modify other adverbs
    • I work extremely hard
    • She speaks quite slowly
Adverb Meaning Examples
Very High Intensity He is very happy
Too More than necessary Its too hot to go to the beach
Quite Moderately The Hollywood movie was quite intresting
Almost Nearly I was almost finished
Completely Fully Our work is completely done
Hardly Barely We hardly knew her
Enough Sufficiently This box is big enough to carry our food
Extremely To a great extend Medical test was extremely hard
Just exactly/barely We just arrived in time
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