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    An adverb modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing how, when, where, why, how often, or how much. Adverbs can describe time, place, manner, degree, frequency, or purpose. Common adverb types include those ending in "-ly" to describe manner, and those indicating time like "today" or "yesterday." Adverbs provide important context about verbs and other parts of speech.

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    An adverb modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing how, when, where, why, how often, or how much. Adverbs can describe time, place, manner, degree, frequency, or purpose. Common adverb types include those ending in "-ly" to describe manner, and those indicating time like "today" or "yesterday." Adverbs provide important context about verbs and other parts of speech.

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    An adverb modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing how, when, where, why, how often, or how much. Adverbs can describe time, place, manner, degree, frequency, or purpose. Common adverb types include those ending in "-ly" to describe manner, and those indicating time like "today" or "yesterday." Adverbs provide important context about verbs and other parts of speech.

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    ADVERB

    An Adverb describes or modifies a verb, an adjective, or another


    adverb. An adverb tells how, when, where, why, how often, & how
    much.

    Example

    1- She sneezed loudly. (Loudly modifies the verb sneezed.)


    2- Her sneezes are really dramatic. (Really modifies the adjective
    dramatic.)
    3- The sneeze exploded very noisily. (Very modifies the adverb noisily.)
    4- Those jeans are quite costly.
    5- I write good stories; I write them well.
    Adverbs can be cataloged in four basic ways: TIME, PLACE, MANNER, AND
    DEGREE.
    a) TIME:

    These adverbs tell when, how often, and how long

    Today, yesterday, daily, weekly, briefly, eternally, tomorrow, soon


    Example:
    Yesterday, I watched The Wire.
    Soon, it will be time to leave school for the real world!

    b) PLACE

    These adverbs tell where, to where, and from where

    Here, there, nearby, beyond, backward, forward, to, near


    Example:
    Send her note over there.
    The store is near Blockbuster.
    c) MANNER

    These adverbs often end in LY and tell how something is done

    Precisely, loudly, effectively, smoothly, quietly, well, slickly


    Example;
    The cat ran swiftly through the room when I scared it.
    We go boldly where no man has gone before.
    I am doing well.
    d) DEGREE

    These adverbs tell how much or how little

    Greatly, partly, partially, too (as well), substantially, entirely, sure


    The pizza was partly eaten.
    I want to go to the store too!
    The Big Mac was entirely eaten.

    e) Frequency
    This adverb comes after the verb 'to be':
    She is always honest.

    Comes before simple tenses of all other verbs:


    They sometimes spend the whole of Saturday fishing.

    Comes after the first auxiliary in a tense consisting of more than one
    verb:
    I have often wondered how they did that.
    I can sometimes go without food for days.

    Note: with 'used to' and 'have' the frequency adverb is usually placed
    in front:

    We always used to look forward to the school holidays.


    He never has any trouble with his old car.
    f) Purpose

    These adverbs express the reason for or a purpose of an action.


    Examples :
    Krishna was hence neglected by the teachers.
    She thus opened the door applying little visible force.
    He, therefore, does not want to talk to me.
    The teacher is ill and therefore is unable to come to school.

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