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.