Adverbs — Flashcards

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An adverb is a word that adds something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Example: "read carefully" shows how a verb is done; "a very careful reader" adds to an adjective; "re…

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An adverb can modify all three: 1) verb: "read carefully"; 2) adjective: "a very careful reader"; 3) another adverb: "read very carefully". It gives more detail and makes the meaning stronger or clear…

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Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives. Examples: quick → quickly, glad → gladly, warm → warmly, lazy → lazily, happy → happily, merry → merrily.

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Some words stay the same in both forms: early, late, hard, long, short, fast, daily, straight. Example: "My father is an early riser." and "We rose early." Here, early works as adjective in the first …

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Early and straight can be used as both adjective and adverb without changing form. Example: "Draw a straight line." uses straight as an adjective, while "Go straight." uses straight as an adverb. "We …

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No. Some -ly words are adjectives, not adverbs. These include elderly, friendly, lively, cowardly, and lonely. Example: "Last evening, we played a friendly cricket match." Here, friendly describes the…

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Hard and hardly are completely different. Hard means with effort or vigorously. Hardly means very little or almost not. Example: "The teacher advised him to work hard but he hardly did anything."…

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Hardly ever means almost never. Example: "I'm not interested in films. I hardly ever go to the cinema." It shows that something happens very rarely.