Adverb

Adverb:-

• An adverb qualifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
• An adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

e.g., slowly, carefully, beautifully, clearly, quickly, sadly, hardly, very, too, yesterday, today, soon, here, there, etc.

Examples in sentences:

• The child runs slowly.
• He is too old. 
• She writes beautifully.
• Ram is very kind.
• They fought bravely.
• She walked very slowly.

KINDS OF THE ADVERBS

    The main kinds of adverbs are.....

1. Adverbs of Time
2. Adverbs of Frequency
3. Adverbs of Manner
4. Adverbs of Place
5. Adverbs of Degree
6. Interrogative Adverbs
7. Adverbs of Negation and Affirmation
8. Adverbs of Reason
9. Relative Adverbs

Clearly, there are 9 main kinds of adverbs. Now, we'll see definitions and examples for each of the kinds of the adverbs.

1. Adverbs of Time:-

                                     Adverbs of time shows the time of an action.

e.g. today, yesterday, tomorrow, now, then, soon, late, lately, just, ago, before, immediately, etc.

• When we ask question using 'When' with the verb, then the word which comes as the answer will be adverb of time.
• He came today
• Came when? ~ today.

2. Adverb of frequency:-

                                             Adverbs of frequency show how often or how frequently an action is done.

e.g. daily, regularly, again, never, always, once, seldom, occasionally, etc.

• When we ask question using 'how often' with the verb, then the word which comes as the answer will be adverb of frequency.
• He goes to school regularly.
• Goes how often? ~ regularly.

3. Adverb of manner:-

                                         Adverbs of manner show in what manner or how an action is done.

e.g. fastly, carefully, slowly, beautifully, sadly, bravely, etc.

• When we ask question using 'How' with the veb, then the word which comes as answer will be adverb of manner.
• She walks carefully.
• Walks how? ~ carefully.
  

4. Adverbs of place:-

                                     Adverbs of place show where or at what place an action is done.

e.g. here, there, out, up, outside, inside, near, below, away. etc.

• When we ask question using 'where' with the verb, then the word which comes as the answer will be adverb of place.
• She will be waiting for Ram there.
• waiting where? ~ There.

5. Adverbs of degree:-

                                         Adverbs of degree indicate the degree of intensity of an action or an adjective or an adverb.

e.g. very much, enough, too, quite, hardly, nearly, exactly, almost, etc.

• When we ask question using "how much/ to what extent/ to what degree" with the verb, then the word which comes as the answer will be adverb of degree.
• She hardly goes there.
• Goes to what extent? ~ Hardly

6. Interrogative adverbs:-

                                                When, where, how, why, how long, how much, how often, how many, etc are called interrogative adverbs when they are used to ask questions.

e.g. When, where, how, why, how long, how much, etc.

• Where is Mohan?
• How did he fight?
• When will you work?

7. Adverbs of affirmation and negation:-

•  Yes, surely, certainly are called  adverbs of affirmation when they are used for affirmative response.
• No, not, never are called adverbs of negation when they are used for negative response.

8. Adverbs of reason:-

                                        Adverbs of reason tells the reason of an action. 

e.g. therefore, hence, thus, etc.

• His father was transferred to Patna. He, therefore, left school.

9. Relative adverbs:-

                                      Relative adverbs modify te verbs following them and at the same time join two sentences together.

e.g. where, how, when, why, how much, how long, etc.

• That is the house where she lived.
• Let me know where you will come.
• Do you know how he will manage.