Adverb Form: Adjective Ending Do This Adjective Adverb
Adverb Form: Adjective Ending Do This Adjective Adverb
Adverb Form: Adjective Ending Do This Adjective Adverb
quick (adjective) > quickly (adverb)
careful (adjective) > carefully (adverb)
beautiful (adjective) > beautifully (adverb)
There are some basic rules about spelling for -ly adverbs. See the table
below:
But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. The following -ly words, for
example, are all adjectives:
Kinds of Adverbs
Here you can see the basic kinds of adverbs.
Adverbs of Manner
Adverbs of Manner tell us the manner or way in which something happens.
They answer the question "how?". Adverbs of Manner mainly modify verbs.
Adverbs of Place
Adverbs of Place tell us the place where something happens. They answer
the question "where?". Adverbs of Place mainly modify verbs.
Adverbs of Time
Adverbs of Time tell us something about the time that something happens.
Adverbs of Time mainly modify verbs.
Adverbs of Degree
Adverbs of Degree tell us the degree or extent to which something happens.
They answer the question "how much?" or "to what degree?". Adverbs of
Degree can modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
Adverb Position
Adverbs with verbs
When an adverb modifies a verb, there are usually 3 possible positions within
the sentence or clause:
adverb adjective
adverb adverb
adverb
Comparative Adverbs
One of the jobs of an adverb is to modify a verb action, for example:
Joe ran fast.
hard harder
high higher
late later
long longer
low lower
wide wider
positive comparative
adverb he he drives faster
drives fast
2. Two-syllable adverbs: use more
When an adverb has two or more syllables (like all -ly adverbs), we can
make it comparative by adding more in front: quickly → more quickly. Look
at these examples:
3. Irregular Adverbs
A few adverbs have irregular form, for example:
badly worse
early earlier
far further/farther
little less
much more
well better