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An Adverb is a word that adds extra information to a
verb, an adjective or an adverb.
The most common way of creating an adverb is too
add ly to the adjective.
Bright- Brightly
Beautiful-Beautifully
Quick-Quickly
What is the point of the adverb?
It tells you more information about a verb. It tells
you where, why, or how much something happens or
is done.
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Adverbs are often created from adjectives (describing
words that tell you more about nouns) by adding 'ly'
to the end of the adjective.
e.g. slow becomes slowly
'Joe is a slow person. He walks slowly.' The adverb is
describing how Joe is walking.
There are different types of adverb. You will not need
to memorise the different types, however it is useful
to look at the different jobs that adverbs do.
Adverbs of manner describe how something
happens.
carefully
correctly
eagerly
easily
fast
loudly
patiently
quickly
quietly
and well.
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Adverbs of place describe where something happen
abroad
anywhere
downstairs
here
home
in
nowhere
out
outside
somewhere
there
underground
upstairs.
Adverbs of frequency describe how often something
always
every
never
often
rarely
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seldom
sometimes
and usually.
Adverbs of time describe when something happen
after
already
during
finally
just
last
later
next
now
recently
soon
then
tomorrow
when
while
and yesterday.
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In a test it is likely that you will either be asked to :
• Identify the adverb
• To add ly or er to form an adverb.
Take a look at the following examples:
He passed the test easily.
Daisies grow everywhere.
The sprinter ran quickly to win the race.
Can you spot the adverb?
There is a nice online activity on adverbs here:
http://www.lgfl.net/dbmaterial/web/learning
objects/ls/Year 4 Literacy Adverbs/home/?verb=view
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