Tuesday 8 November 2011


Adverbs
Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns.

Adjective
Adverb
Mandy is a careful girl.
Mandy drives carefully.
Mandy is very careful.


*Mandy is a careful driver. This sentence is about Mandy, the driver, so use the adjective.
*Mandy drives carefully. This sentence is about her way of driving, so use the adverb.

Form

Adjective + ly
Adjective
Adverb
dangerous
dangerously
careful
carefully
nice
nicely
easy
easily
horrible
horribly
electronic
electronically
irregular forms

good
well
fast
fast
hard
hard

*If the adjective ends in -le, the adverb ends in -ly.
Example: terrible - terribly

*If the adjective ends in -e, then add -ly.
Example: safe - safely

Tip: Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs.

*Adjectives ending in -ly: friendly, silly, lonely, ugly   
*Nouns, ending in -ly: ally, bully, Italy, melancholy
*Verbs, ending in -ly: apply, rely, supply
*There is no adverb for an adjective ending in -ly.

Types of adverbs

1) Adverbs of manner
    quickly
    kindly

2) Adverbs of degree
    very
    rather

3) Adverbs of frequency
    often
    sometimes

4) Adverbs of time
    now
    today

5) Adverbs of place
    here
    nowhere


Subject - Verb - Object (S-V-O)


Word order in statements – Subject - Verb - Object (S-V-O)

Subject
Verb
Object
I
play
football.
Max
reads
books.
We
can speak
English.
Sue
is singing
a nice song.
I
play
football
I
like
table tennis.

* S - V - O in each part of complex sentences.*


Expressions of place and time in sentences

Time
Subject
Verb
Object
Place
Time

I
have
breakfast
in the kitchen.


They
play
handball
in the gym
every Monday.

My friend
is swimming

in the pool.

Every Saturday
Peter
watches
TV
at home.


*- Expressions of time can be put at the beginning or the end of a statement.
*- At the end of the sentence: Place before Time
*- NEVER put Place or Time between Verb and Object

Adverbs of frequency

always, usually, regularly, normally, often, sometimes, occasionally, rarely, seldom, never are adverbs of frequency.
The position of these adverbs is:

-before the main verb
 


Adverb of frequency
Verb



always
get up
at 6.45.
Peter
can
usually
play
football on Sundays.
Mandy
has
sometimes
got
lots of homework.

-after a form of to be am, are, is (was, were)


Verb
Adverb of frequency

Susan
is
never
late.

*The adverbs often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can go at the beginning of a sentence.
Sometimes I go swimming.
Often we surf the internet.

*Sometimes these adverbs are put at the end of the sentence.
We read books occasionally.




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