Simple Adverbs: Time, Place, Manner, Degree, Affirmation, Negation

Time: Answers the questions WHEN & HOW OFTEN

Some common ones are: • now • then • today • tomorrow • tonight • yesterday • annually • daily • fortnightly • hourly • monthly • nightly • quarterly • weekly • yearly • always • constantly • ever • frequently • generally • infrequently • never • normally • occasionally • often • rarely

Place: Answer the question WHERE (Often look like prepositions)

Some common ones are:

about above abroad anywhere away back backwards behind below down downstairs east elsewhere far here in indoors inside near nearby off on out outside over there towards under up upstairs Manner: Answer the question HOW (Often end in “ly”) These are often what I cal;l “3rd grade adverbs.”

Some common ones are:

accidentally angrily anxiously awkwardly badly beautifully blindly boldly bravely brightly busily calmly carefully carelessly cautiously cheerfully clearly closely correctly courageously cruelly daringly deliberately doubtfully eagerly easily elegantly

Degree: Answer how much of, or how little of. (These are the most difficult; they often modify other adjectives or adverbs and are right in front of them. Ex: She is VERY tired.)

Some common ones are:

almost absolutely awfully barely completely decidedly deeply enough enormously entirely extremely fairly far fully greatly hardly highly how incredibly intensely just least less little most much nearly perfectly practically pretty purely quite rather really scarcely simply so somewhat strongly terribly Affirmation: Make something more positive – true

Some common ones are:

yes undoubtedly certainly indeed Negation: Make something more negative – false

Some common ones are:

no not never n’t Other Types of Adverbs:

Interrogative: Ask a Question - They are: How, Where, When, Why

Adverbial Noun: Forms of measurement and directions Some Common ones are: pounds, days, weeks, feet, inches, east, west, left, etc.

Relative Adverbs: (8th grade only) Begin a dependent clause. They are: Where, When, Why Ex: The place where I spent the summer was hot.

Degree of Adverbs: Remember : NEVER dump the “ly”

Positive = describes one verb: quickly, well, early
Comparative = compares two verb: more/less quickly, better, earlier
Superlative = compares more than two verbs: most/least quickly, best, earliest

Remember: Farther = distance Further = additional

Remember: good = adjective, well = adverb

Remember: There = Adverb of Place Their = Possessive Adjective They’re = They are

If you want to practice these are some sites with interactive quizzes.

Adverb or Adjective Quiz: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/33.html Which adverb is right? http://www.myenglishlessons.net/quizzes/adverbsp1.htm Positive, Comparitive Adverbs: http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/adverbs-comparative-superlative2.html