44290 adverbs

An adverb is a word that describes a verb It tells us about an action, or the way something is done A lot of adverbs end in -ly They sing loudly Adjective Adverb Slow bad quiet careful peaceful boastful safe nice polite easy happy noisy nasty fast hard good slowly badly quietly carefully peacefully boastfully safely nicely politely easily happily noisily nastily fast hard well He draws beautifully Some adverbs describe how something is done They are called adverbs of manner carelessly, correctly safely, smartly quickly, slowly, fast hard, well, loudly quietly, beautifully lazily, playfully … They are listening carefully He’s driving fast Some adverbs tell us when something happens They are called adverbs of time today, tomorrow last year, next week early, late, again this year, later, just tonight, this morning soon, yet, still, then … He was at the cinema yesterday They’re at the restaurant now Some adverbs tell us where something happens They are called adverbs of place When the cats are away, the mice will play outside It’s raining downstairs, upstairs here, there, over there abroad, underground Inside, next door, locally nationally, regionally … There are cars everywhere Some adverbs tell us how often something happens They are called adverbs of frequency They sometimes play tennis He usually gets up at seven always, rarely, seldom ever, never, once, twice occasionally, continually regularly, constantly … He often watches TV