What are adverbs? Types of adverbs, identify the adverb in sentence

In this article we are going to talk about the What are adverbs? different types of adverbs and identify the adverb in sentence.

What are adverbs?

Adverb is a word that describes the verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. An adverb is a word that tells something more about a verb. Adverb tells where, how or when an action happens. Daily, somewhere, quickly, everywhere, calmly, regularly, nowhere, freely, silently, near soon, Etc are adverbs.

An adverb never describes a noun or a pronoun, adverbs describe verbs.

Let us study adverbs more deeply-

1. I ate my breakfast quickly.
   Here quickly tells us how the action happens, that is quickly describes the action word ate.
2. Ram sees dogs everywhere.
   In this example, everywhere tells us where the action happens that is everywhere describes the action word sees.
3. My father came home quickly.
   Quickly, tells us when the action happens that is early describes the action word came.
4. They walked slowly.
   The adverb slowly modifies the verb walked.
5. It was a fairly clear day.
   The adverb fairly modifies the adjectives clear.
6. The group practices quite often.
   The adverb quite modifies the adverb often.

There are different types of adverbs

Adverb of Manner-

It tells us how an action happens.

For Examples:

1. He drove the car carefully.
2. The gymnastic gracefully performed on the stage.

Carefully and gracefully are the adverbs of manner used in sentences.

Adverb of Place-

It tells us where an action happens.

For Examples:

1. He stayed here,
2. James part, his motorcycle nearby.

Adverb of Time-

It tells us when an action happens.

For Examples:

I will tell you the story tomorrow.

The best way to find the adverb of time is to ask, when will you tell the story? The answer is tomorrow.

Note: if you don’t want to put emphasis on the time, you can also put the adverb of time at the beginning of the sentence.

Adverb of Frequency-

It tells us how often an action occurs or how many times.

For Examples:

1. I see him daily.
2. They always helped me.

Adverb of Degree-

It tells us the degree or extent to which is something happens. They answer the question, how much or to what degree.

For Examples:

1. Mary is very beautiful.
2. He drove quite dangerously.

Adverb of Affirmation-

It tells us that something is true or positive

Examples: Yes, really, certainly, absolutely, positively, definitely, truly, undoubtedly and Shirley.

Adverb of Negation-

It tells us that something is not true or negative.

Examples: no, not, never, nothing.

Once again, these are the different kinds of adverbs with their examples.

At this point, let us try to identify the adverb in each sentence.

1. The old woman was walking slowly,
   The adverb is slowly, and it is the adverb of manner.
2. I often visit my grandparents.
   The adverb is often, and it is an adverb of frequency.
3. The project is not practical,
   Not is the adverb, and it is negation.
4. He will go to school tomorrow.
   Tomorrow is the adverb, and it is the adverb of time.
5. It is extremely hot today.
   The adverb used is extremely, and it is the adverb of degree.

If you combine different types of adverbs, the adverbs will always be in this order: Manner, Place, Time or the easier way is to remember the format MPT.

For example:: Laura danced gracefully here yesterday.

Gracefully is manner, Here is Place, Yesterday is time.

Don’t get confused between adverbs and adjectives:

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives describe nouns. An adverb never describes a noun.

For example:

1. I eat a heavy meal.
   Here the word heavy describes the noun meal.
2. The dress is elegant.
   Here elegant and adjective describes the dress, which is a noun.
3. She dresses elegantly.
   Here elegantly an adverb describes the verb dresses.