adverbs types

Adverbs are most commonly used to modify:

1 A _________:

Amy speaks softly.

David works quickly.

Paul will arrive soon.

Adverbs are most commonly used to modify:

An : ____________________

example:

fairly slow

terribly warm

extremely rude

Adverbs are most commonly used to modify:

an other ___________

example:

fairly slowly

very closely

extremely badly

Gradable adverbs Many adverbs are gradable, that is, they can take a modifying word such as fairly or very which locates the adverb on a scale of ___________:

fairly slowly

very slowly

extremely slowly

fairly suddenly

very suddenly

extremely suddenly

• intensity

• modifying

• fairly

• locates

Comparative and superlative adverbs

Some adverbs exhibit _____ forms, the base form, the comparative form (ending in -er) and the superlative form (ending in -est):

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 0

Intensifiers

An intensifier is a special type of adverb which is used to express __________ in an adjective or in another adverb. The most common intensifier is very:

very cold very suddenly very eager very soon

Other intensifiers include almost, completely, entirely, extremely, fairly, highly, quite, slightly, totally, utterly

• intensifying

• Intensity

• intense

• intensive

In informal use, the word pretty is often used as an intensifier:

example:

The weather was ________ dreadful. You’ll have to move pretty quickly

The meanings of adverbs

Adverbs express three major types of meaning except:

• Manner adverbs indicate how something happens:

• Time adverbs indicate when something happened, as well as frequency of occurrence

• Place adverbs indicate a place or a direction

• describes the adjectives that comes before the nound.

which of the following sentences shows an examples of the following use of adverbs:

Place adverbs indicate a place or a direction

• Leave your coat there

• We visited Rome recently

• Amy was playing happily in the garden