Types of Adverbs: What is an Adverb?
Adverbs are words that are used to change, modify or qualify various words. These include: adjectives, verbs, clauses, and other adverbs. Adverbs provide context when written in a sentence. To be more explicit, adverbs give a decsription of how, where, when, in what manner and to what extent something is done or happens. This page has examples of the different types of adverbs. For example: When? He sometimes goes to the park. How? He walks slowly. Where? Is that your cap there? In what way? He drinks quickly. To what extent? It is really cold. In these examples, the adverb is in bold. Check out our adverbs definitions list.
Using Adverbs in Sentences
Adverbs of manner: Adverbs of manner describe how something happens. For example, it is possible to swim or crawl at different speeds. For example: I can swim quickly. I can crawl rapidly. The adverbs of manner are in bold.
- Adverbs of frequency: Adverbs of frequency describe how often something occurs, either in definite or indefinite terms. For example: I always have breakfast at 7AM. He never takes a bus. The adverbs of frequency are in bold.
- Adverbs of place: Adverbs of place change or qualify the meaning of a sentence by telling us where things happen are defined as adverbs of place. For example: Put the coat there. Please bring the pen here. The adverbs of place are in bold.
- Adverbs of degree: An adverb of degree is used to discuss the degree or intensity of an adjective, an action, or another adverb. For example:
The weather was quite hot. The road is extremely wet. The adverbs of degree are in bold.
- Adverbs of time: Adverbs that change or qualify the meaning of a sentence by telling us when things happen are defined as adverbs of time. For example: I go to school all day. We go out for dinner monthly. The adverbs of time are in bold.
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