adverb

Examples of adverb in the following topics:

• Adverbs

• Introduction to Adjectives and Adverbs

• Adverbs

• Adjectives derived from Adverbs

• Adverbs derived from Verbs

• Examples of Adverbs

• Adverbs

  • Just as adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs are used to answer how, when, and where an action took place.
  • Many adjectives can be made into adverbs simply by adding -ly to the end.
  • You can use prepositional phrases as adverbs if they modify a verb, adjective, or adverb.
  • However, when the adverb ends with -ly, a hyphen should not be used.

• Adverbs derived from Nouns and Adjectives

• Introduction to Adjectives and Adverbs

  • Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns; adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs, like "simply" and "incredibly," modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
  • Adverbs can also be used to modify adjectives and other adverbs.
  • [The adverb quite modifies the adverb passionately.]

• Formation and Comparison of Adverbs

  • Adverbs are for the most part derived from adjectives, and depend upon them for their comparison.
  • But Adjectives in -ns, and a few others, add -er (instead of -iter), to form the Adverb; as,—
  • The Comparative of all Adverbs regularly consists of the Accusative Singular Neuter of the Comparative of the Adjective; while the Superlative of the Adverb is formed by changing the -ī of the Genitive Singular of the Superlative of the Adjective to -ē.
  • A number of adjectives of the First and Second Declensions form an Adverb in -ō, instead of -ē; as,—
  • A few adjectives employ the Accusative Singular Neuter as the Positive of the Adverb; as,—