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    An adverb is a part of speech that provides greater description to a verb, adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or sentence. Adverbs typically end in "-ly" but there are exceptions. An adverb describes manner, place, time, frequency, or degree. To form an adverb from an adjective, typically add "-ly" but some adjectives become the adverb by dropping the "-e" and adding "-ly" or remaining the same form. Common adverbs include very, much, more, always, often, and never.

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    An adverb is a part of speech that provides greater description to a verb, adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or sentence. Adverbs typically end in "-ly" but there are exceptions. An adverb describes manner, place, time, frequency, or degree. To form an adverb from an adjective, typically add "-ly" but some adjectives become the adverb by dropping the "-e" and adding "-ly" or remaining the same form. Common adverbs include very, much, more, always, often, and never.

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    ADVERBS

    • STUDENTS :
    • Manuela Sánchez and Maverick Ballesteros
    WHAT IS AN ADVERB?
    • An adverb is a part of speech that provides greater description to a verb, adjective, another adverb, a phrase, a clause, or a
    sentence.
    • What is an adverb? Well, first, it's important to understand the words adverbs work closely with, starting with verbs, adjectives,
    and other adverbs.

    • A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of being, i.e. jump, run, swim, ski, fish, talk.
    • An adjective is a word that describes or clarifies a noun, i.e. pretty, happy, silly, sunny.
    • A noun is a person, place or thing - in its simplest definition, i.e. girl, dog, mom.
    • Once you see a few examples, it'll be easy to see how adverbs function in a sentence. To simplify things, they explain the
    action.

    • Here are some examples of adverbs modifying verbs:

    • He runs quickly.
    • She walks slowly.
    • He's happily chattering over there in the corner.
    • Adverbs can also modify adjectives or other adverbs. They provide more information about that other descriptive word. For
    example:

    • He runs very quickly.


    • In this sentence, the adverb "very" is describing the adverb "quickly" ("very quickly" can be used as an adverb phrase).

    • An incredibly pretty girl sat down next to me.


    • In this sentence, the adverb "incredibly" is describing the adjective "pretty."
    Identifying an adverb
    • So, you can tell whether or not a word is an adverb by considering its function in the sentence. If it is describing a verb,
    adjective or other adverb it's an adverb.

    • Let's talk a little bit more about that -ly ending. We've compiled a list of 100 adverbs, and you'll see that many of them
    end in -ly. While that's a popular way to identify these modifiers, it's important to remember that isn't universally true.
    Don't forget adverbs such as "always", "often", "sometimes", "seldom", and "never." You've also got conjunctive adverbs
    such as "also," "besides," "meanwhile," and "likewise."

    • But, since the -ly form is very common let's keep the party going with a few more examples:

    • The dog messily ate his dinner.


    • I happily handed in my test.
    • She quickly washed the dishes.
    • You can tell that these words are adverbs because they're describing the verbs in the sentence and they end in -ly.

    • Many high-frequency words are also adverbs. For example, "very," "much," "more," and "many" can all be adverbs.

    • The puppy's behavior was very bad.


    • The much smarter boy won the spelling bee.
    • I so want to go to that concert tonight.
    TYPES OF ADVERBS
    Forming an adjective into an adverb
    • To transform an adjective into an adverb, the following guidelines must be taken into account:

    • The feminine form of a qualifying adjective is taken and the ending –Ly is added.
    • Example:
    • Carmen was quietly eating ice cream.
    • quiet, quiet → quietly

    • If the adjective ends in -e or a consonant, the ending –Ly is simply added.


    • Example:
    • : Finally, Carmen continued eating the ice cream.
    • final → finally

    • When there are several consecutive adverbs in a sentence, only the ending –Ly is added to the last one.
    The above adverbs take the feminine form of the adjective.
    • Example:
    • The spider descended slowly and silently.
    • slow, slow → slow (mind), quiet, quietly → quietly
    • If the adjective has an accent, the adverb en -Ly conserves it.
    • Example:
    • Carmen was sitting placidly in a chair.
    • placid, placid → placidly

    • Some adverbs take the form of an adjective in its singular masculine variant: low, high, clear, hard, great,
    fatal, slow, fast, etc. These adverbs are known as adjectival adverbs.
    • Like the rest of adverbs, they never agree with the noun in feminine or plural, because whoever they
    modify is the verb.

    • Example:
    • The athletes have played hard.
    • The athletes have played hard.
    • In many cases, these new adverbs can also be used with the ending -Ly.

    • Example:
    • The athletes have played hard.
    • Some adverbs ending in –Ly can be transformed into adverbial phrases with the formulas: with / in / by +
    noun, and in manner / manner + adjective.
    • Example:
    • Carmen then decided to act kindly. → Carmen decided to act kind.
    • kind → kindly, kindly, kindly, kindly
    • Adjective Adverb
    • cheap cheaply
    • quick quickly
    • slow slowly
    • If the adjective ends in -y, replace the y with i and add -ly

    • Adjective Adverb
    • easy easily
    • angry angrily
    • happy happily
    • lucky luckily
    • If the adjective ends in -able, -ible, or -le, replace the -e with -y.

    • Adjective Adverb
    • probable probably
    • terrible terribly
    • gentle gently
    • If the adjective ends in -ic, add -ally. Exception: public -> publicly

    • Adjective Adverb
    • basic basically
    • tragic tragically
    • economic economically
    • Some adverbs have the same form as the adjective: early, fast, hard, high, late, near, straight,
    & wrong

    • Examples
    • It is a fast car.
    • He drives very fast.
    • This is a hard exercise.
    • He works hard.
    • We saw many high buildings.
    • The bird flew high in the sky.
    • Well is the adverb that corresponds to the adjective good.

    • Examples
    • He is a good student.
    • He studies well.
    • She is a good pianist.
    • She plays the piano well.
    • They are good swimmers.
    • They swim well.

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