Archive for the 'Adverbs' Category

Adverbs Revisited

Some months back I have posted two posts on Adverbs! Today let us revise on Adverbs and if you like please click the links at the end of the post to refresh your memories. (1) Building adverbs A. Most adverbs are formed from the adjective. One adds the ending “-ly” to the adjectival form: intelligent [...]

Adverbs

Today let us look at Adverbs. Adverbs are words that modify 1. A Verb. Example She drove slowly – How did she drive? 2. An Adjective. Example She drove a very old car – What type of car? 3. Another Adverb. Example He runs very fast down the road – How fast he ran? As [...]

Adverbs Part 2

Today let us learn more about Adverbs. Adverbs can modify adjectives, but an adjective cannot modify an adverb. Thus we would say that “the students showed a really wonderful attitude” and that “the students showed a wonderfully casual attitude” and that “my professor is really tall, but not “He ran real fast.” Like adjectives, adverbs [...]