This document provides an introduction to adverbs. It defines adverbs as words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing actions and qualities. Adverbs have the answers to questions about how something was done. The document then discusses several features of adverbs, including that many end in -ly, they modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, placement of adverbs in sentences, and comparisons of adverbs. It cautions to use adverbs sparingly and to check if a word ending in -ly is truly an adverb by asking how something was done.