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Adverbs and adjectives!

What is adverb? What are the types of adverbs? We will discuss adverbs and adjectives and their formation in detail here. A word that qualifies everything except a noun or a pronoun is known as an adverb. Or a word that qualifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. For example, An almost beautiful girl was playing. Here almost is an adverb which adds to the meaning of an adjective beautiful. Here we will briefly discuss adverbs and adjectives.

What are the adverbs and types of adverbs?

 Types of a Adverbs

When we learn about adverbs and adjectives, then the question that comes to our mind is that. What are the types of adverbs? what are the adjectives? Here we will discuss all the types of adverbs and a brief note on the types of adjectives.

1. Adverb of time:

   It denotes time and period. E.g. He will come soon. early, late, always, never, after, today, tomorrow, since, no once, etc.

2. Adverb of Place:

   It denotes the place of an occurrence. E.g. The cat is under the table. Here, there, for, away, out, below, above, never, along, inside, within, etc.

3. Adverb of Manner:

   It denotes the manner of occurrence. e.g. Ali writes neatly. Well, badly, tightly, quickly, loudly, neatly, cleverly.

4. Adverb of the result:

   It denotes the result of an occurrence. E.g. Consequently, Ali refused to help me.

5. Adverb of Quantity or degree:

   It denotes quantity or degree. E.g. He is least interested in games. Very, much, little, most, less, least, too, so, wholly, altogether, partly, etc.

6. Adverb of affirmation or negotiation:

It affirms or negotiates something. E.g. It is not my table.

Yes, not, certainly, surely, probably, never, ever, undoubtedly etc.

7. Adverb of reason or cause:

It denotes results or causes. e.g.  That is why he did not help me. Why, so, therefore, thus, accordingly, why, likewise, etc.

8. Adverbs of Comparison:

It denotes the degree of an adverb like an adjective. E.g. He will come sooner than we expect.

9. Adverb of number or frequency:

   It denotes no or frequency. E.g. she seldom comes here. Never, often, seldom, always, once, twice, again, frequently, thrice, sometimes, second.

10. Interrogative Adverbs:

It is used to put the question. E.g. Where is Ali? When, where, why, how, how many etc.

11. Relative Adverbs:

It is used to join two sentences. E.g. Do you know when he will reach?  When, where, why, how, how many etc.

Formation of Adverbs and Adjectives

(1). Some words are basically Adverbs. The adverbs are;

Ago	Fast	Often	Rather
Almost	Thus	Enough	There
Already	Yesterday	Tomorrow	Soon
Late	Afterwards	Always	Everywhere
Once	Only	Now	Enough
Today	Seldom	Since	Quiet
Too	Well	Here	Early
Very	Before	Then	Tonight

Adverbs from adjectives 

(2) Most of the adverbs are formed by adding +ly to an adjective.

Adjectives	+ly	Adverbs	Adjectives	+ly	Adverbs
Bad	Ly	Badly	Hopeless	Ly	Hopelessly
Brave	Ly	Bravely	Careless	Ly	Carelessly
Certain	Ly	Certainly	Meaningful	Ly	Meaningfully
Clear	Ly	Clearly	Beautiful	Ly	Beautifully
Clever	Ly	Cleverly	Hopeful	Ly	Hopefully
Cruel	Ly	Cruelly	Cheerful	Ly	Cheerfully
Former	Ly	Formerly	Careful	Ly	Carefully
Fortunate	Ly	Fortunately	Utter	Ly	utter fully
Frequent	Ly	Frequently	Through	Ly	Thoroughly
Hard	Ly	Hardly	Absolute	Ly	Absolutely
Honest	Ly	Honestly	Actual	Ly	Actually
Instant	Ly	Instantly	Definite	Ly	Definitely
Kind	Ly	Kindly	Total	Ly	Totally
Poor	Ly	Poorly	Wide	Ly	Widely
Present	Ly	Presently	Wrong	Ly	Wrongly
Private	Ly	Privately	Partial	Ly	Partially
Proud	Ly	Proudly	Wide	Ly	Widely
Real	Ly	Really	Deep	Ly	Deeply
Sad	Ly	Sadly	Soft	Ly	Softly
Slow	Ly	Slowly	Great	Ly	Greatly
Sound	Ly	Soundly	Local	Ly	Locally
Strong	Ly	Strongly	Loud	Ly	Loudly
Sudden	Ly	Suddenly	Quiet	Ly	Quietly
Sure	Ly	Surely	Quick	Ly	Quickly
Urgent	Ly	Urgently	Correct	Ly	Correctly

(3) Adjectives ending in (-le)

(e) is dropped and (y) is added.

Adjectives	-e and +y	Adverb
Single	Y	Singly
Double	Y	Doubly
Suitable	Y	Suitably
Horrible	Y	Horribly
Possible	Y	Possibly

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What are 8 types of adverb?

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what are the 6 types of adverbs?

The different types of adverbs are adverb of time, adverb of place, adverb of manner, adverb of result, adverb of reason or cause, adverb of degree, adverb of comparison, relative adverbs.

what are adjectives?

A word used with a noun to describe or point out, the person, the animal, place or thing which the noun names, or to tell the number or quantity, is called an adjective.

What are the Examples of adjectives?

1 Elena is a clever girl.

2 He don’t like that boy.

3 He gave me five mangoes.

4 There is little time for preparation.

5 The boy is lazy.

In the above sentences, clever, that, five, little & lazy are the adjectives.

What are the types of adjectives?

• The types of adjectives are;
• Adjectives of quality
• Adjectives of quantity
• Adjectives of number
• Demonstrative adjectives
• Interrogative adjectives