domingo, 19 de noviembre de 2017

Adverbs of MANNER and DEGREE

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Adverbs are words that can describe:
·         verbs   →   Read the instructions carefully.
·         adjectives   →   I am terribly sorry about what happened.
·         other adverbs   →   He speaks very quickly.
·         whole sentences   →   Apparently, he has forgotten our appointment.
TYPES OF ADVERBS

There are different types of adverbs:
·   Adverbs of manner How?  happily
·   Adverbs of place Where?    here
·   Adverbs of time When?       today
·   Adverbs of frequency how often? always
·   Adverbs of degree How (adverb)?   very
·   Sentence adverbs How (sentence)?   hopefully

ADVERBS OF
MANNER
§ Adverbs of manner answer questions beginning with How…?
§   How does she speak? She speaks loudly.

FORM
POSITION
After the main verb if there is no direct object.
He sings badly.
·         After the direct object.
She did her homework quietly.
She did quietly her homework.
Some adverbs are always after the verb  (well, badly, hard, fast)
The team played well.
More than one verb.
The teacher quietly asked the children to finish  their game.
The teacher asked the children to finish their game quietly.

ADVERBS WITH AND WOTHOUT
 -LY
HARD – with effort
HIGH – opposite of low.
LATE – opposite of early
NEAR – oppsite of far
WIDE – opposite of narrow
HARDLY - scarcely
HIGHLY – very, very well
LATELY- recently
NEARLY - almost
WIDELY – commonly
ADVERBS OF
DEGREE
§ Adverbs of degree are used to show the degree to which somebody or something has a characteristic.
§  It is really cold this morning.
TYPES
POSITION
Some adverbs of degree are:

 Hardly, nearly, almost, very, really, much, fairly, quite, rather, pretty, extremely, incredibly, a bit, slightly

They appear before the adjective or the adverb they modify.
He is a rather clever boy.
She dances quite well.

If they modify a verb, they go:
·         Before the main verb.
I slipped and nearly fell.
·         After auxiliary verbs, modal verbs and the verb to be.
He can hardly see without his glasses.



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