TEACHING GRAMMAR ADVERBS

1. ADVERBS
Vanessa M. Lagumay
Grammar

2. What are adverbs?
• Adverbs can perform a wide range of functions: they can modify
verbs, adjectives, and even other adverbs. These may come either
before or after the word they modify.
1. The desk is made of an especially corrosion-resistant industrial steel.
2. The power company uses huge generators which are generally turned
by steam turbines.
3. Jaime won the race, because he ran quickly.
4. This fence was installed sloppily. It needs to be redone.
EXAMPLES

3. • These can also modify noun phrases, prepositional phrases, or
whole clauses or sentences.
1. I bought only the fruits.
2. Roberto drove his family and relatives almost to the train station.
3. Certainly, someone could take some predefined data, such as weather
data, and use mostly mapping techniques to generate a piece of music.
EXAMPLES
What are adverbs?

4. • These may provide information about the manner, place, time,
frequency, certainty, or other circumstances of the activity indicated
by the verb.
1. Adverb of Manner
2. Adverb of Place
3. Adverb of Frequency
4. Adverb of Time
5. Adverb of Purpose
6. Adverb of Certainty/Affirmation
7. Adverb of Degree
TYPES
What are adverbs?

5. 1. ADVERB OF MANNER
An adverb of manner will explain how an action is carried out. Very
often adverbs of manner are adjectives with -ly added to the end,
but this is certainly not always the case. In fact, some adverbs of
manner will have the same spelling as the adjective form.
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
• Jerome had passed the Final Examination easily.
• The teachers from Camarines Sur walk quickly to catch the train.
• John answered the question correctly.
• As the manager of the shop, I can say that our maintenance workers had
worked hard.
• Julia and Joseph, as Latin dancers, danced well.

6. 2. ADVERB OF PLACE
An adverb of place, sometimes called spatial adverbs, will help
explain where an action happens. Adverbs of place will be
associated with the action of the verb in a sentence, providing
context for direction, distance and position: southeast, everywhere,
up, left, close by, back, inside, around.
• New York is located north of Philadelphia.
• They traveled down the mountainside.
• First, I looked here, and then I looked there, but I can’t find them anywhere.
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
ON DIRECTIONS

7. 2. ADVERB OF PLACE
• The treasure lies underneath the box.
• The cat is sleeping on the bed.
• Why are you standing in the middle of the dancefloor?
• Oscar travelled onward to Los Angeles.
• “Molly, move forward to the front of the queue, please.”
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
ON POSITION
ON DISTANCE
• Due to her mother’s death, Jane is moving far away.
• Carly is sitting close to me.

8. 3. ADVERB OF FREQUENCY
Adverb of frequency is used to express time or how often
something occurs. It can be split two main groups:
1. Adverbs of indefinite frequency
⮚ are terms that have an unclear meaning as to how long are
how often something occurs
⮚ will usually be placed after the main verb or between the auxiliary
verb and infinitive
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
• The adverb is usually placed before the main verb.
• Therese can normally make the shot four times straight.

9. 3. ADVERB OF FREQUENCY
2. Adverbs of definite frequency
⮚ Are terms expressing clear meaning with regards to how often
things happens
⮚ will usually be placed at the end of the sentence
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
• We get paid hourly.
• The situation seems to change monthly.
• The newspaper is bought daily.

10. 4. ADVERB OF TIME
This tells us when something happens. While it’s almost always
correct to have the adverb of time at the end of the sentence, you
can place it at the start of the sentence to put a different emphasis
on the time if it is important to the context.
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
• Harvey forgot his lunch yesterday and again today.
• I have to go now.
• We first met Julie last year.
• Tomorrow, our fate will be sealed.
• Yesterday, my troubles seemed so far away.

11. 5. ADVERB OF PURPOSE and LINKING
ADVERBS
Adverb of Purpose helps to describe why something happened. It can
come in the form of individual words and also clauses .
A linking adverb link ideas or clauses in spoken discourse/written text.
It is also called conjunctive adverbs as it performs and functions like
conjunctions.
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
• I was sick, thus didn’t go to work today.
• I started jogging so that I wouldn’t be late.
• Because I was late, I jogged a little faster.
• Since it’s your birthday, I will buy you a gift.
• My sister should study her lessons instead of watching TV.
• Meanwhile, another problem arose with the nuclear power plant.

12. 6. ADVERB OF CERTAINTY/AFFIRMATION
An adverb of Certainty let us describe how sure or certain we are
about something. It is usually on a mid-position. Here are the most
common adverbs of certainty:
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
• The story would definitely end in the simplest way, Alice said, so we trusted
you.
• You will certainly have a hard time doing this assignment, but the result will
make you very happy.
• I return very tiredly after going to school, so I surely need to sleep today.
definitely – 100% sure
probably – pretty sure; 70-90% sure
maybe – 50% sure
probably not – 70-90% sure of something not
happening or being true

13. 7. ADVERB OF DEGREE
An adverb of degree is used to discuss the degree or intensity of
an adjective, an action, or another adverb. It helps us to express
‘how much’ (or to what extent) we do something.
TYPES OF
ADVERBS
• I’m totally convinced Sam will quit his job.
• I’m almost always late.
• Sonia was too old for the administrative job.

14. 7. ADVERB OF DEGREE TYPES OF
ADVERBS
Adverbs of degree can modify adjectives or adverbs:
Subject + main verb + adverb of degree + adjective------ Jane is very happy.
Subject + main verb + adverb of degree + adverb----- Tom walks extremely quickly.
Adverbs of degree can also modify verbs:
Subject + adverb of degree + main verb ------- The boys thoroughly enjoyed their
trip to the theatre.
With modal verbs, the adverb of degree can appear before the modal verb or
before the main verb, depending on the meaning.
Subject + adverb of degree + modal + main verb-----You really should look where
you are going!
Subject + modal + adverb of degree + main verb------You should really look at the
instructions first.

15. 7. ADVERB OF DEGREE TYPES OF
ADVERBS
With auxiliary verbs (e.g. have and is/are), the adverb usually goes before the
main verb.
Subject + auxiliary verb + adverb of degree + past participle
I have really enjoyed studying at this school.
I have totally forgotten to bring my phone.
MILD
a little
a bit
slightly
MEDIUM
fairly
pretty
quite
STRONG
remarkably
awfully
extremely
ABSOLUTE
totally
utterly
completely
How strongly adverbs of degree modify adverbs and adjectives

16. POSITIONS OF ADVERBS
The positions of adverbs are not a fixed or set thing. Adverbs can appear in
different position in a sentence. However, there are some rules that help us
decide where an adverb should be positioned. The rules will be different
depending on whether the adverb is acting to modify an adjective or another
adverb, a verb or what type of adverb it is.
Adverb position with adjectives and other adverbs
*before the adjective or adverb being modified
• We gave them a really tough match.
• It was quite windy that night.

17. Adverb position with verbs
Adverbs of manner or place are usually positioned at the end of the sentence:
• In a royal meeting, the Queen laughed timidly.
• Janine, our new neighbor, lived here.
• Believe me. There is money everywhere.
As mentioned, if the adverb is of definite time it will be placed at the end of the
sentence.
• I did it yesterday.
• We can discuss it tomorrow.
• Let’s go to Paris next week.
POSITIONS OF ADVERBS

18. However, if it is an indefinite period of time, it will go between the subject and
main verb.
• We often go to Paris in the springtime.
• Debbie regularly swims here.
• Bobby and Audrey always loved fishing by the lake.
POSITIONS OF ADVERBS

19. ORDER OF ADVERBS
The order of adverbs, sometimes also called the royal order of adverbs, can help us
determine sentence structure too. In short, the adverbs get preference (are placed
first) in the following order:
1 Adverbs of manner
2 Adverbs of place
3 Adverbs of frequency
4 Adverbs of time
5 Adverbs of purpose
I run (verb) quickly (manner) down the road (place) every
morning (frequency) before school (time) because (purpose) I might miss the bus.

20. ORDER OF ADVERBS

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