Adverb definition and examples
What is an adverb? According to the
adverb definition, an
adverb is a word that changes and modifies adjectives, verbs, adverbs or clauses.
Adverbs describe where, how, when and in what context something happened. They are usually
words that end in ly. It is important to learn
adverbs to be able to provide details on an action or event. Learning
adverbs will help you express how, where, to what extent and when did something happen, making your speech more concrete and adding information to it.
Adverb vs adjective
Adjectives and adverbs are different parts of speech in English. The main
differences between adjective and adverb are their usage and types. While
adjectives describe or identify a pronoun or noun,
adverbs modify verbs, other adverbs or adjectives. The
adjectives come before the noun or pronoun most of the times. Another
difference between adjective and adverb is that they answer different questions. An
adverb answers more questions:
how, where, when, how much, in what context, etc., while an
adjective answers to
which, what kind. Another difference is that the types of
adjectives and adverbs are different.
Learn how to form adverbs
This flashcard lesson will teach you how to form
adverbs from
adjectives. It will give you many examples of
adjectives and adverbs for you to learn them and understand the difference between them. Here are some examples of flashcards from this lesson:
- 1. quick - quickly
- 2. serious - seriously
- 3. heavy - heavily
- 4. terrible - terribly
- 5. bad - badly
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Most common adjectives 1 - 53 and
Most common adjectives 54 - 108 lessons to learn more
adjectives and then form
adverbs out of them! Also, proceed to the
Most common adverbs lesson to learn even more
adverbs!