ADVERB

By Chonnikan and Wannida 8C

What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that changes or qualifies the meaning of verb, adjective, other adverb, or clause.

Adverbs in action
He walked slowly. (verb) Language art period is extremely interesting to me. (adjective) Time goes very swiftly. (adverb) The car stops right under the tree. (preposition)

Understanding different types of adverbs

He ate his lunch noisily. (how) She went to Thailand yesterday. (when) I left it here. (where) He never drinks milk. (how often)

Forming Adverb
In most case, an adverb is form by adding ly to an adjective:
ADJECTIVE cheap quick slow ADVERB cheaply quickly slowly

 Not all adverb ends with ly Not all words that end in ly are adverbs -I finish the works early. (adverb) -During my early teen, I like to play hide and seek. (adjective)

Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

-ly adverb (adverbs formed from adjectives by adding -ly to the end) we form the comparative and superlative forms with more and most.

Adjective quiet careful happy

Adverb quietly carefully happily

Comparative Adverb

Superlative Adverb

more quietly most quietly more carefully most carefully more happily most happily

Other Adverb
For adverbs which retain the same form as the adjective form, we add -er to form the comparative and -est to form the superlative.
Adjective hard fast early Adverb hard fast early Comparative Adverb harder faster earlier Superlative Adverb hardest fastest earliest

Irregular Adverbs
Some adverbs may change their form to other words.
Adjective good bad Adverb well badly Comparative Adverb better worse Superlative Adverb

far

far

best worst farthest/furthe farther/further st

Adverb Position
When an adverb modifies a verb, there are usually 3 possible position within the sentence. Front: before subject
Now I will play a game.

Middle: between subject and verb

I often play games.

End: after verb or object

I play game noisily.

Exercise!!
What did the adverb modify. 1. My grandfather walks extremely slowly.
VERB - WALKS ADJECTIVE - SHY ADVERB - GO PREPOSITION - ON

2. Your roommate is quite shy, isnt she? 3. We rarely go to the movies on the weekends.

4. Our house is practically on the highways.

 Tell whether the bold word is preposition, adjective or adverb. 1. My niece reads well for a five-year-old.
ADVERB

2. Your friend Spongebob drives a fast car.

ADJECTIVE

3. I never buy shoes at the food store.

ADVERB