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Adverbs

ICSE · Class 8 · English Language: Grammar and Composition

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Topics in Adverbs

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1. What an Adverb Does

  • An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
  • Examples: read carefully, a very careful reader, read very carefully.
  • An adverb may show manner, time, place, frequency, degree, or certainty.
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2. Formation and Forms of Adverbs

  • Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives: quickly, gladly, warmly, lazily, happily, merrily.
  • Some words have the same form as both adjective and adverb: early, late, hard, long, short, fast, daily, straight.
  • Not all -ly words are adverbs. elderly, friendly, lively, cowardly, and lonely are adjectives.
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3. Special Word Pairs and Common Confusions

  • Hard means with effort or vigorously.
  • Hardly means very little, almost not.
  • Hardly ever means almost never.
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4. So, Such, Enough, Too, Quite, Fairly, Rather

  • So and such make the meaning of an adjective or adverb stronger.
  • So is used with adjective or adverb.
  • Such is used with a noun.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Adverbs add meaning to verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Definition of adverbFormation of adverbsSame form for adjective and adverbWords ending in -ly that are adjectivesHard and hardlySo and suchEnough and tooQuite

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