Adverbs

Adverbs

Read the following sentences loudly:

1.The girls cheered loudly.

2.She met me there.

3.The school will remain closed tomorrow.

4.My mother always gets up early in the morning.

Now answer the following questions:

1.How did the girls cheer?

     Ans: loudly.

    2. Where did she meet me?

     Ans: there.

    3. When will the school remain closed?

Ans.: tomorrow

In the above sentences, loudly, there, tomorrow and always are adverbs because these are giving more information about the verbs.

The adverbs not only qualify the verbs, but they add to the meaning of adjectives and adverbs also.

     For example

1.The scene is very beautiful.

2.He is running very fast.

1.Adverbs of manners: tell how an action is done in the present, past and in future.

      Such adverbs are formed with the suffixes like -ly, ily, etc.

      Examples

      loudly, carefully, quickly, wrongly, hurriedly

      Easily , happily, readily,

·     The child slept peacefully.

·     He worked hard to get good marks.

·     He asked his father respectfully if he would give him        Rs. 1000/-.

·     He climbed the tower carefully.

·     He solved all the sums easily.

1.Adverbs of time tell us about the time of action

  Examples:

         Today, tomorrow, yesterday, before, after, now, then,               tonight, earlier, recently, lately, yet, still, just now

·     He has finished his work just now.

·     She ahs seen this film recently.

·     He met me yesterday.

·     Will you go to Delhi tomorrow?

2.Adverbs of frequency tell us how often and how frequently an action takes place. daily, everyday, often, always, sometimes, seldom, never, ever, frequently, once, twice, thrice

       Examples:

·     Once there was a king.

·     He always goes to a temple.

·     She eats fruit twice a day.

·     Sometimes I do yoga and meditation.

3. Adverbs of place tell us about the place of action.

          Examples

          There, here, inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs

·     What were you doing outside the temple?

·     The mouse hid itself inside its hole.

·     He went up the hill.

·     I saw her coming downstairs.

4.Adverbs of degree

Hard, harder, hardest, fully, completely...

Examples;

(i)   She sang loudly.

(ii)  She sang louder than her sister.

(iii) She sang loudest of all other singers of the team.

(iv) She was utterly responsible for the delay.

5.Adverbs of interrogation: These adverbs are used to frame questions.

Examples:

· Why do you tell a lie?

· Where do you come from?

· When do you get up?

· How do you pass your time these days?

Exercise: Underline the Adverbs in the following sentences

1.It has been raining heavily for the last four days.

2.Have you ever gone late to your school/

3.I had nearly reached my house when the rain started.

4.How are you?

5.Where from have you found my lost watch?

6.Come forward and get your reward.

7.Don’t go behind. Come openly to say what you want.

8.Go straight for five minutes and you will find a big building there.

9.He usually smokes when he is alone in the house.

10. Immediately he ran towards the village.

11. The mice will play when the cat is away.

12. Make hay while the sun shines.

13. The spider tried nine-times and at last climbed the wall.

14. God is everywhere.

15. I tried hard to pacify him.

16. If you fail, the responsibility will be entirely yours.

17. He cheerfully accepted the offer.

18. Now, you will demand more money from me.

19. She wept bitterly when her father scolded her.

20. He willingly joined the army.

Placement of Adverbs

1.If the verb is transitive (the verb that needs an object), the adverbs of time, manner and place are put after the object.

 If the verb is intransitive (the verb that does not require an object), the adverbs are put after the verb

·     The hungry man ate food greedily.( food is object)

·     She wept bitterly.( There is no object in this sentence)

2.The adverbs of degree, frequency and manner are usually put between the subject and the verb if the verb is only of one word. In case the verb consists of more than one word, the adverb is placed after the first word of the verb phrase.

·     I never abuse anyone.

·     I have never abused anyone.

·     It always rained heavily here.

·     It has always been raining heavily here since last year.

3.To put emphasis on the adverb of time, they can be placed in the beginning of the sentence.

·     Yesterday, I went to Delhi to meet my old friend.

·     Recently I have met Amitab Bachchan.

4.Modifiers of adverbs and adjective are put before them.

·     It is a very lovely car.

·     She sat down quite silently near the window and started shedding her tears.

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